Storms in Virginia in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 55
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $335,000
- 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 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 0 | $335,000 |
| Hail | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1976
April 1976
May 1976
- Tornadoes in Virginia, May 15, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 18, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 31, 1976
June 1976
- Tornado in Virginia, June 12, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 23, 1976
- Hail in Virginia, June 29, 1976
July 1976
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 6, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 11, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 24, 1976
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 27, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 30, 1976
August 1976
September 1976
October 1976
More
Every year in VirginiaEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in Virginia in 197619751977
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.