Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2010

2,324 events in 237 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2010, 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.

Virginia in 2010 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
2,324
Deaths
5
Injuries
18
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
237

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
Thunderstorm Wind1,04614$1.9 million
Flash Flood23710$7.9 million
Winter Weather23500
Winter Storm22820$479,000
Hail19709$4.3 million
Heavy Rain10000
Heavy Snow9000$70,000
Flood6900$5,000
High Wind5300$95,000
Ice Storm1500$89,000
Lightning1401$160,000
Strong Wind1100$48,000
Tornado1002$1.7 million
Blizzard901$135,000
Funnel Cloud400
Dense Fog211$500,000
Tropical Storm200
Coastal Flood100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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.