Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2012

2,202 events in 281 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia 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.

Virginia 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
2,202
Deaths
12
Injuries
64
Damage
$58 million
Episodes
281

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 Wind857215$23 million
Hail303417$3.3 million
Dense Fog17000
Winter Weather15000
Frost/Freeze13000
Heat122117
Flash Flood10410$2.5 million
High Wind9506$7.9 million
Winter Storm6000$256,000
Heavy Rain4700
Flood4700$7,000
Coastal Flood2100$11 million
Heavy Snow2000$1.2 million
Lightning1502$35,000
Excessive Heat1500
Tornado1106$3.2 million
Blizzard1100
Strong Wind920$7,000
Funnel Cloud700
Wildfire600$5.6 million
Rip Current110
Ice Storm111

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.