Storms in Virginia in 1968
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1968, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Virginia in 1968 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 35
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $250,000
- Episodes
- 20
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1968
April 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 4, 1968
- Hail in Virginia, April 23, 1968
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 30, 1968
May 1968
June 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 12, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 16, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 17, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 19, 1968
- Hail in Virginia, June 27, 1968
July 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 2, 1968
- Hail in Virginia, July 3, 1968
- Hail in Virginia, July 6, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 17, 1968
August 1968
More
Every year in VirginiaEvery state in 1968Tornadoes in Virginia in 196819671969
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.