Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2018

1,257 events in 186 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia in 2018, 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 2018 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
1,257
Deaths
8
Injuries
24
Damage
$4.4 billion
Episodes
186

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 Wind65315$1.1 million
Winter Weather10800
Hail10212$12 million
Flash Flood8106$3.2 million
Tropical Storm7900$25,000
Winter Storm5423
Drought3900
Lightning3000$164,000
Tornado2507$6.4 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)2210$4.4 billion
Flood2100$16,000
Heavy Snow1400
Heavy Rain1100
Coastal Flood600
Cold/Wind Chill300
Strong Wind311$47,000
Rip Current320
Funnel Cloud200
Wildfire100

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.