A day that was forecast to have “generally fair” weather ended up as the worst weather disaster in Ohio history.
It was Easter Sunday 1913, with cool temperatures greeting churchgoers for that morning’s services across Northeast Ohio. By the time Easter services were ending, a steady, chilly rain had started to fall, ruining bonnets, dresses and suits. And the rain didn’t stop.
Over a four-day period, up to a foot of rain fell across Ohio. Monday alone brought almost five inches to a state already saturated from a winter’s worth of snow and ice. Streams and rivers quickly overflowed their banks…