Storms in Virginia in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 41
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $280,000
- Episodes
- 21
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 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $280,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
May 1970
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1970
- Hail in Virginia, May 22, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 24, 1970
June 1970
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 5, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 6, 1970
- Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, June 21, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 25, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 26, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado in Virginia, July 2, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 1970
- Tornado in Virginia, July 9, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 20, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 27, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 1970
August 1970
September 1970
More
Every year in VirginiaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Virginia in 197019691971
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.