Ashtabula Lakeshore storm history

One male drowned due to rip current at Conneaut Township Park Beach.

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the early evening hours of September 14th and continued through late evening. The strongest winds occurred between 7 and 9 pm with a peak gust of 78 mph measured in Ashtabula. Damage in the county was extensive…

Snow began during the morning hours of the 7th and continued for the next day and a half. Snow tapered off a bit during the evening hours of the 7th, but picked up again overnight and continued moderate to heavy at times through much of the day on the 8th. Gusty winds around 30 m…

A mixture of sleet and snow began in Ashtabula County before daybreak on March 4th. This mixture quickly changed to freezing rain which then continued into the early morning hours of March 5th. Conditions quickly deteriorated after sunset as surface temperatures dropped off a few…

Deepening low pressure tracked into the upper Ohio Valley the morning of February 16th, before the low pressure transferred to off the east coast that afternoon and evening. This allowed for a period of rain changing to accumulating wet snow as the low pressure lifted into the Oh…

While the heaviest snow with this event focused inland from Lake Erie and just south of the Ashtabula County lakeshore, periods of moderate to heavy snow showers and squalls along with wind gusts up to 30 MPH led to travel impacts and moderate snow accumulations closer to the lak…

An arctic cold front blasted through Northeastern Ohio shortly after midnight December 5th. A band of snow squalls accompanied this front, with wind gusts over 40 MPH measured. Lake effect snow quickly developed into the morning of the 5th as winds shifted more northwesterly and …

After a brief break in the lake effect during much of the day and into the night of November 30th, lake effect returned by early in the morning December 1st as winds shifted out of the west-northwest, directing lake effect bands back onshore across the primary snowbelt of far nor…

A prolonged, crippling, and in some places historic lake effect event took place across the Northeast Ohio snowbelt to end November and start December in 2024. The event ramped up overnight November 28th and 29th as a band of very heavy snow with snow rates up to 3 inches per hou…

At 7:22 PM Ashtabula County regional airport measured a wind gust of 61 MPH. Conneaut Lighthouse measured a 64 MPH wind gust at 7:48 PM. Trees and power-lines were downed, knocking out power to over 5000 customers in the county.

At 1:33 PM, a 64 MPH wind gust was measured in Conneaut.

Unseasonably cold air flowed over the relatively mild waters of Lake Erie behind a cold front, setting off a significant lake effect snow event beginning November 27th. With initially southwest winds the heaviest snow stayed out over Lake Erie on the 27th. As winds shifted west t…

An Arctic cold front swept through the area around 4 AM December 23rd. Low pressure along this front tracked over Lake Erie early in the morning on December 23rd and rapidly intensified through the day while slowly lifting northeast across Ontario. With the frontal passage rain c…

Wind chills plunged below 0 around 7 AM December 23rd and did not warm back above 0 until the morning of December 26th. A minimum Wind Chill of -29 degrees was reported at 5:35 PM December 23rd at the Ashtabula County Airport. In response to these conditions, a warming center was…

Cold air spilled into the region and across Lake Erie on November 16th, allowing lake effect snow to develop in a west to east band across Lake Erie. Snow and rain showers occasionally impacted locations near Lake Erie during the afternoon of November 16th, but otherwise stayed j…

A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain developed during the early evening hours on February 17th and continued for several hours into the evening before changing to snow. Snow continued steadily through much of the night before tapering to more intermittent lake effect snow show…

A prolonged winter storm occurred from late February 2nd through early February 4th, 2022 as multiple waves of low pressure tracked along a slow moving cold front. Rain changed to snow late in the evening on February 2nd as temperatures fell below freezing. Snow continued off and…

Snow began during the evening hours of January 16, quickly increasing in intensity during the overnight hours. Many locations woke up to a foot or more of snow on the morning of January 17, causing impassable roads across the area. Lake enhanced snowfall continued across the area…

Photo of a power pole fallen onto a power substation near the intersection of Ohio State Route 45 and New London Road.

Three rounds of snow moved through Northeast Ohio on February 15 and 16. The first round on the morning of the 15th brought a quick inch of snow to the region. A second round of snow entered during the afternoon and evening hours, bringing an additional 2 to 5 inches of snow to t…

Snow quickly entered Northeast Ohio during the late afternoon hours on the 24th. By evening, snowfall rates increased to one inch per hour or higher as more organized snow bands moved through the region on the northwest side of the low pressure system and visibility dropped to a …

A very narrow band of lake effect snow developed over Lake Erie and moved into extreme Northeast Ohio during the late morning and early afternoon hours on the 14th. This very shallow band of snow was only about 5 miles across and impacted the community of Conneaut in Northeast As…

Low pressure over northern Lower Michigan on the afternoon of January 18th moved east through the Great Lakes region and extended a cold front through Northeast Ohio during the evening hours. With the front, scattered snow showers moved over the region, bringing light accumulatio…

A trough of low pressure entered the eastern Great Lakes region on the afternoon of December 10th and allowed for a west-to-east lake effect snow band to set up over portions of Northeast Ohio. This band of snow was relatively short-lived during the evening hours of the 10th. How…

In Conneaut Lake flooding occurred at Midway Beach and adjacent roads of Lakeview Ave and side roads leading to the beach.

Geneva-on-the-Lake State Park marina sustained considerable damage to their docks inside of the well protected marina. Water levels rose 4 feet causing damage to the docks. The water level settled back down within about 10 minutes. Damage to a marina in Conneaut was also similar …

An automated weather station in Conneaut measured a 69 mph wind gust at 8:50 pm local time. Trees and power lines were downed across the area. All school districts in Ashtabula County were closed on the 25th due to the impacts from the strong winds.

Extremely cold weather settled over the area on January 30 and 31, bringing the coldest temperatures that the region had seen in four or five years. With winds gusting to 30 - 35 mph, wind chills across the county dropped below zero midday on January 29 and did not recover to abo…

Snow spread into northeast Ohio during the afternoon hours of January 19, as low pressure moved into the Ohio Valley region. Snow was very light to start, but by the evening on the 19th moderate-to-heavy snow moved into the area with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches of snow per ho…

An area of low pressure moved through the eastern Great Lakes on the evening of November 9. Cold air wrapping behind the system allow for rain to change over to snow and for lake effect snow showers to develop over an open Lake Erie. Snow began late on the 9th and continued throu…

An area of low pressure moved across the Upper Ohio Valley early on March 7th. The low quickly shifted off the East Coast and the slowly drifted east on the 8th. Moisture wrapping around this low pressure system caused lake effect snow bands to develop over Northeast Ohio by midd…

An area of deepening low pressure moved up the Ohio Valley on March 1st. The low moved across the southeastern corner of Ohio during the afternoon hours. A large area of precipitation fell to the north of the low track. The precipitation initially began as rain but changed to sno…

A cold front moved across the upper Ohio Valley early on January 12th. A wave of low pressure developed along the front and moved northeast across eastern Ohio. Cold air moved into the area behind the low causing rain to change to mixed precipitation. This transition began around…

An area of weak low pressure over the northern Great Lakes at daybreak on December 29th moved southeast and eventually passed to the north of Lake Erie during the early morning hours of the 30th. Snow associated with the low developed around daybreak on the 29th and transitioned …

An area of low pressure moved across the upper Ohio Valley on December 24th. This low moved into western Pennsylvania during the evening hours. Very cold westerly winds behind this front caused lake effect snow showers to develop with the snow beginning in northern Ashtabula Coun…

An automated sensor at Geneva-on-the-Lake measured a 59 mph wind gust.

An automated sensor at Conneaut measured a 62 mph wind gust.

Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the afternoon hours of the 4th. The snow showers continued intermittently through daybreak on the 7th and then dissipated during the morning hours. The snow showers were heavy at times…

A cold front moved across northern Ohio on December 14th. Cold westerly winds behind the front caused lake effect snow showers to develop by late evening on the 14th. The winds initially had a slight southerly component so the initial snow showers developed along the Lake Erie sh…

Cold winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the morning hours of December 8th. Winds were initially close to being parallel to the south shore of the lake which kept the heavier snow confined to the lake shore areas. Late on the 8th, the …

A late season snow brought significant accumulations to portions of northern Ohio from the evening on April 8th into the morning of April 9th. The Toledo area received the highest snow of the season with 7.8 inches recorded at Toledo Express Airport. The snow was courtesy of a ra…

Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the evening hours of February 9th. The snow began to intensify during the early morning hours of the 10th. Heavy snow fell during the daylight hours of the 10th with visibilities most …

An arctic cold front moved east across the Great Lakes Region on Sunday January 17th, ushering the coldest air of the season into the area. Heavy lake effect snow showers developed behind the front late Sunday and continued at times into the 19th as a prolonged period of west to …

An arctic cold front moved east across the Great Lakes Region on Sunday January 17th, ushering the coldest air of the season into the area. Heavy lake effect snow showers developed behind the front late Sunday and continued at times into the 19th as a prolonged period of west to …

Temperatures colder than minus 10 combined with westerly winds to create wind chills of minus 25 or colder for a few hours. Morning low temperatures at most locations were the coldest since 1994.

Sub zero temperatures and winds gusting to as much as 30 mph caused winds chills to get as cold as minus 30 degrees during the morning of February 15th. Winds lessened during the evening of the 15th allowing low temperatures on the 16th to dip to minus 10 or colder most areas.

Snow started during the early morning hours of the 1st. The snow was initially light with accumulations of a couple tenths an hour, but after daybreak the snow intensified. By mid morning visibilities were less than a half mile with snowfall rates of an inch or more per hour. Per…

Wind gusts estimated to be at least 60 mph downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout the northern end of the county. Scattered power outages were reported.

Cold west to northwest flow across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop just before daybreak on November 13th. The snow showers picked up in intensity during the daytime hours of the 13th with periods of heavy snow throughout the day. The heaviest snow initially w…

Mixed precipitation spread across the area early on the 12th and then transitioned to snow from west to east. Much of the area also saw a period of freezing rain. The snow increased in intensity during the late morning hours with visibilities less than one half mile. North to nor…