Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2016

1,664 events in 206 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2016, 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 2016 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
1,664
Deaths
13
Injuries
27
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
206

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 Wind641013$1.3 million
Drought61500
Tropical Storm7902$5.6 million
Hail7722$2.0 million
Winter Weather7600
Tornado3405$10 million
Flood2721$505,000
Winter Storm2210$25,000
Flash Flood2200$363,000
Wildfire1200$18 million
Strong Wind1100$8,000
High Wind1100$50,000
Lightning800
Hurricane (Typhoon)834
Heavy Rain500
Coastal Flood500
Rip Current310
Heat340
Storm Surge/Tide300
Funnel Cloud200

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.