Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2017

1,544 events in 185 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia 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.

Virginia 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
1,544
Deaths
4
Injuries
7
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
185

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 Wind62537$1.5 million
Heavy Rain18900
Hail18300$370,000
Winter Weather13400$6,000
Flood9300$76,000
Flash Flood5400$1.2 million
Winter Storm5100$95,000
Heavy Snow4800
Frost/Freeze3700
Tornado3110$10 million
Heat2700
High Wind2100$39,000
Strong Wind2000$155,000
Cold/Wind Chill1100
Lightning900
Blizzard500
Dense Fog400
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.