Solon

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Cuyahoga County, the county that contains Solon.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Cuyahoga County, the county that contains Solon.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Cuyahoga County, the county that contains Solon.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Landslides mapped in Cuyahoga County.

Mapped by NASA (3).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Oct 29, 2012High Wind, Cuyahoga$40.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph were reported for several hours by automated sensors at Cleveland Hopkins Airport and Burke Lakefront Airport. A peak gust of 68 mph was measure at Hopkins Airport at 23:35 EDT. Damage across Cuyahoga County was extensive with hundreds of trees and utility poles down. Nearly 200,000 electric customers lost power in Cuyahoga County. The western suburbs of Bay Village, Westlake and Rocky River were especially hard hit. Dozens of streets had to be closed because of downed trees and power lines. Many homes and vehicles sustained damage from downed trees and limbs. Many homes also lost sections of roofing and siding. Damage was reported at Burke Lakefront…

2. Jun 22, 2006Flash Flood$35.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Thunderstorms dumped torrential rainfall on much of Cuyahoga County during the late afternoon and early evening hours of June 22nd. With the ground already saturated from heavy rains the previous 24 hours, flash flooding quickly developed. The eastern and southern portions of the county were especially hard hit with significant damage reported in Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Parma, North Royalton and Solon. Spotters in Solon measured 5.0 inches of rain between 3:30 and 7:30 pm. A spotter in Parma reported a 24 rainfall total of 6 inches. Other storm totals included: 5.20 inches in Solon; 4.55 inches in Oakwood; 4.39 inches in Brecksville; 3.43 inches in North Royalton and 3.02…

3. Jul 5, 2019Flash Flood$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   During the early afternoon of July 5 thunderstorms with torrential rain fell across portions of Cuyahoga County. Radar estimates put storm total rain amounts between 2.5 and 3 inches in the City of Parma. However the public reported a measurement near Ridge and Pleasant Valley Road of 4.12 inches. Another nearby rain gage supports this estimate with a measurement of 2.6 inches during the storm. Rainfall rates averaged 2 inches an hour during this event, peaking around 256 PM with rates estimated 4 to 6 inches an hour for approximately 15 minutes dropping over an inch of rain. A storm spotter in North Royalton reported 2 inches in 30 minutes around 230 PM. Flooding started to…

4. Sep 14, 2008High Wind, Cuyahoga$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the early evening hours of September 14th and continued through late evening. A peak wind gust of 59 mph was measured by an automated sensor at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport at 7:06 PM EDT. Damage in the county was extensive with thousands of trees and many utility poles downed. A 14 year old boy was hospitalized with leg injuries after a tree limb hit him in Fairview Park. A man in Rocky River sustained head injuries from a fallen tree limb. Widespread power outages occurred as well with some customers without power for several days. As many as 500,000 people in Cuyahoga County lost power during this storm.…

5. May 12, 2014Flash Flood$13.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Between 800 and 1000 pm on the evening of May 12th rainfall observations in Olmsted Falls show 2.5-4.44 inches of rain. The rainfall rates were measured at 2.52 inches per hour. A dozen water rescues were conducted however no significant injuries were reported. In all nearly 1,000 homes were inundated in the towns of Olmsted Falls, North Olmsted, and Westlake. The City Hall in Olmsted Falls sustained significant flood damage to their basement. At the Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted 15 cars were submerged and a department store sustained significant damage. Dozens of roads and intersections were closed due to flooding with several feet of water. The major thruway Interstate…

6. Jun 22, 2006Flood$12.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Runoff from the heavy rains on June 22nd caused rapid rises in all of the streams and rivers in Cuyahoga County. The Cuyahoga River at Independence established a new record high level by cresting at 23.21 feet during the early morning hours of June 23rd. Flood stage at Independence is 16 feet. Extensive flooding occurred along the river in both Valley View and Independence. Hundreds of people had to evacuated from their homes in these locations. Significant damage was done to homes and business along the river with damage along Canal Road especially bad. Considerable damage was also reported along the small streams and creeks in county. Numerous roads, bridges and culverts were…

7. Mar 7, 2008Winter Storm, Cuyahoga$7.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Snow began during the morning hours of the 7th and continued for the most part for the next day and a half. During the afternoon of the 7th, visibilities were reduced down to around a mile or less with the snow. However, during the evening hours the snow let up a bit with mainly flurries across the area for several hours. During the overnight hours into the 8th, the snow picked up again with visibilities dropping to a mile or less again. Moderate to heavy snow continued through the daytime hours of the 8th with visibilities dropping to a quarter mile or less at times. Also, a peak wind of 40 mph was measured at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. Snow tapered off quickly during the late…

8. Nov 9, 1996Heavy Snow, Cuyahoga$7.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy lake effect snow occurred over a seven day period. Total storm accumulations ranged from 6 inches in Elyria (Lorain County) to 69 inches in Chardon (Geauga County). Other significant storm totals were 50 inches in Shaker Heights (Cuyahoga County), 48 inches in Jefferson (Ashtabula County), 28 inches at Kirtland (Lake County), and 15 inches in Mesopotamia (Trumbull County). The storm wreaked havoc on power and telephone lines. Cleveland Electric Illuminating estimated 185,000 customers were without power, some for several days. Dozens of emergency shelters were opened for people who were without electricity. In Wickliffe and Willoughby (Lake County), motels and hotels that…

9. Nov 10, 2002Tornado$6.8 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An F1 tornado crossed into Cuyahoga County from Summit County to the south of Glenwillow. The tornado traveled northeast for about four miles and dissipated to the east of Solon. The tornado caused some home damage in Glenwillow and tore the roof off of a business. After moving across a few open fields the tornado crossed into Solon along Pettibone Road. Several homes were damaged on Selworthy and Hollycock Lanes in the Liberty Hill subdivision just north of Pettibone. As the tornado continued northeast it damaged several more homes in the Hunt Club subdivision near the intersection of SOM Center and Arthur Roads. Next hit was the Solon Middle School on SOM Center Road just north…

10. May 7, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$6.5 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    A thunderstorm downburst with peak winds estimated to be as much as 75 mph did extensive damage in Cleveland's western suburbs. Hundreds, if not thousands of trees were toppled in Bay Village, Rocky River and Lakewood. The damage was most concentrated near the Lake Erie shoreline. Lakewood was the hardest hit of the communities with hundreds of trees down in the northwest corner of the city alone. At least 15 intersections in the city had to be closed because of downed trees and power lines. Fallen trees damaged more than a 130 homes in Lakewood alone. Damage in Lakewood topped $4 million. Additional homes and buildings were damaged in Rocky River and the eastern portion of Bay…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

104°FJun 25, 1988

All-time low

−20°FJan 19, 1994

Warmest night

80°F2 times, most recently Jun 20, 1949

Coldest day

−5°FJan 20, 1985

Wettest day

4.59 inSep 7, 1996

Snowiest day

13.6 inFeb 23, 1993

Hottest year

2024mean 55.2°F

Coldest year

1963mean 47.6°F

Wettest year

201165.32 in

Driest year

196318.63 in

Snowiest season

117.9 in2004-05

Station Cleveland (USW00014820), 860 ft elevation, 21.8 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1938 to October 27, 2026; 100.0% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Cuyahoga County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00014820.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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