Storms in Virginia in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 1
- Damage
- $2.8 million
- Episodes
- 29
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 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 6 | 0 | 1 | $2.8 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1980
April 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 4, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 8, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 9, 1980
- Tornado in Virginia, April 14, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 27, 1980
May 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 19, 1980
- Tornado in Virginia, May 24, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 25, 1980
June 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, June 3, 1980
- Hail in Virginia, June 7, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 29, 1980
July 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 8, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 9, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 10, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 12, 1980
- Hail in Virginia, July 17, 1980
- Tornado in Virginia, July 22, 1980
August 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 1, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 4, 1980
- Hail in Virginia, August 5, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 8, 1980
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 20, 1980
September 1980
More
Every year in VirginiaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Virginia in 198019791981
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.