Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2005

2,141 events in 357 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2005, 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.

Georgia in 2005 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
2,141
Deaths
11
Injuries
78
Damage
$181 million
Episodes
357

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
Hail535020$4.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind28631$1.8 million
Tropical Storm28500
Hurricane (Typhoon)22000$7.7 million
Strong Wind13912$729,000
Flood12202$33 million
Winter Storm10300$9.8 million
Flash Flood8918$8.9 million
Lightning7705$956,000
Freezing Fog7100
Tornado59536$112 million
Winter Weather3800
Ice Storm3500$1.3 million
High Wind2500$15,000
Heavy Rain1800
Funnel Cloud1700
Heat1600
Sleet200
Rip Current214
Wildfire100$1,000
High Surf100

Every episode, month by month

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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.