Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2015

1,686 events in 221 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia 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.

Virginia 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
1,686
Deaths
3
Injuries
3
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
221

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 Wind51100$366,000
Winter Weather27600
Winter Storm22710$45,000
Hail13600$656,000
Dense Fog12300
Flash Flood8510$15 million
Heavy Rain6900
Flood6810$446,000
Heavy Snow4300
Frost/Freeze3000
High Wind2800$118,000
Coastal Flood2500$2.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Strong Wind1600$213,000
Lightning803$58,000
Tornado700$330,000
Funnel Cloud500
Ice Storm300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Avalanche200
Blizzard200
Debris Flow100

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.