Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2012

1,804 events in 279 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,804
Deaths
3
Injuries
44
Damage
$61 million
Episodes
279

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 Wind74508$2.0 million
Hail324017$25 million
Drought24700
Heat11100
Excessive Heat10500
Heavy Rain6800
Lightning4715$218,000
Flash Flood3709$1.7 million
Wildfire3400$433,000
Tropical Storm2300$2.3 million
Tornado1721$26 million
Strong Wind1400$46,000
Funnel Cloud1000
Rip Current603
High Wind501$2.5 million
Flood400$1.0 million
Coastal Flood400$25,000
Tropical Depression200
Dense Fog100

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.