Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2017

1,679 events in 188 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,679
Deaths
21
Injuries
165
Damage
$681 million
Episodes
188

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 Wind73701$1.7 million
Drought20000
Hail16102$506,000
Tornado14718152$362 million
Tropical Storm13738$111 million
Winter Storm5600
Flash Flood5301$613,000
Winter Weather4600
Lightning3100$60,000
Frost/Freeze2600$204 million
Strong Wind2401$623,000
Heavy Rain1800
High Wind1300$60,000
Tropical Depression700
Funnel Cloud600
Cold/Wind Chill500
Storm Surge/Tide400
Rip Current300
Flood200
Heavy Snow100
Wildfire100
High Surf100

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.