Storms in Georgia in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 1978, 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.
Georgia in 1978 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
- 83
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $14 million
- Episodes
- 27
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 | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 6 | $14 million |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1978
April 1978
May 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 1, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 3, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 4, 1978
- Tornadoes in Georgia, May 8, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 24, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 26, 1978
June 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 5, 1978
- Tornadoes in Georgia, June 8, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 12, 1978
- Tornado in Georgia, June 24, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 29, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 30, 1978
July 1978
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 20, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 23, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 31, 1978
August 1978
- Tornado in Georgia, August 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 10, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 17, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 19, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 20, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 29, 1978
- Hail in Georgia, August 31, 1978
More
Every year in GeorgiaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Georgia in 197819771979
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.