Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2015

1,355 events in 224 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,355
Deaths
7
Injuries
21
Damage
$34 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 Wind93805$1.9 million
Hail11515$14 million
Flash Flood7100$7.4 million
Winter Storm5000
Winter Weather4200
Tornado2509$9.7 million
Coastal Flood2500
Lightning2400$68,000
Ice Storm2310$15,000
Flood1000$254,000
Heavy Rain800$25,000
Strong Wind710$147,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Funnel Cloud400
Heavy Snow200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Astronomical Low Tide100
Excessive Heat110
Rip Current132
Debris Flow100$200,000

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.