<p>Hello! I am a senior in high school trying to finalize my list of schools to apply to. OSU is currently on my list, but I do have one concern… I am pretty terrified of thunderstorms. I live in NY and on the rare occasion of a tornado watch, I freak out. OSU being in the midwest, I am worried about the weather… I am just wondering if an OSU student could tell me what the weather is like (how often there are bad thunderstorms)… Sorry for the strange question!</p>
<p>My son has been there 3 years and has seen only one bad thunderstorm (downed trees/power outage) but certainly no tornadoes. The storm was this summer. I think there are typically a handful of minor thunderstorms over the summer. If you’re not there in the summer, you’re not likely to see any.</p>
<p>There are tornadoes in Ohio but very rarely the kind of iconic twisters of Kansas/Oklahoma/Texas. Columbus will get thunderstorms but there will always be a warning ahead of time that storms are coming. I understand your anxiety as I used to have a terrible fear of thunderstorms. And as the previous poster said, most thunderstorms occur in late spring/summer when you will be off campus.</p>
<p>I’ve lived in both Columbus and New York, and the weather is very similar.</p>