District of Columbia

Storms in District of Columbia in 1999

19 events in 17 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in District of Columbia in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

District of Columbia in 1999 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

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The year

Events
19
Deaths
3
Injuries
140
Damage
$252,000
Episodes
17

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought500
Thunderstorm Wind300$22,000
Heat23140
Flash Flood200
Winter Weather100
Ice Storm100$20,000
Winter Storm100
Lightning100$10,000
Heavy Rain100
Storm Surge/Tide100
Tropical Storm100$200,000

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

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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.