Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2018

3,085 events in 322 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia 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.

Virginia 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
3,085
Deaths
17
Injuries
20
Damage
$94 million
Episodes
322

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
Flood84700$517,000
Thunderstorm Wind57001$586,000
Winter Weather27400$30,000
Flash Flood25191$62 million
Heavy Rain20200
Winter Storm19610$200,000
Dense Fog17300
High Wind12715$2.9 million
Hail9700$598,000
Frost/Freeze8700
Heat6220
Heavy Snow5100$46,000
Tornado33113$27 million
Cold/Wind Chill3100
Strong Wind3010$302,000
Ice Storm1300$15,000
Lightning1200$25,000
Blizzard700
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Coastal Flood500
Debris Flow400
Funnel Cloud300
Excessive Heat200
Rip Current220

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.