Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2013

1,556 events in 224 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,556
Deaths
6
Injuries
34
Damage
$7.7 million
Episodes
224

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 Wind44503$1.0 million
Winter Weather41100$20,000
Dense Fog150325$500,000
Flash Flood11820$2.2 million
Winter Storm9500
Hail7610$2.8 million
Heavy Snow6700$35,000
Frost/Freeze5200
Heavy Rain3600
Flood2900$762,000
Heat1900
Ice Storm1700$3,000
Lightning1500$11,000
High Wind800$42,000
Tornado500$197,000
Coastal Flood400$10,000
Funnel Cloud400
Excessive Heat100
Debris Flow100$8,000
Dust Devil106$1,000
Freezing Fog100
Strong Wind100$3,000

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.