Storms in District of Columbia in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in District of Columbia in 2020, 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.
District of Columbia in 2020 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
The year
- Events
- 38
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $562,000
- Episodes
- 26
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $462,000 |
| Dense Fog | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
March 2020
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, March 3, 2020
- Dense Fog in District of Columbia, March 30, 2020
April 2020
June 2020
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, June 4, 2020
- Lightning Strike in District of Columbia, June 4, 2020
- Flood in District of Columbia, June 5, 2020
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, June 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, June 27, 2020
July 2020
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 6, 2020
- Heat in District of Columbia, July 19, 2020
- Heat in District of Columbia, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 23, 2020
August 2020
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 3, 2020
- Flood in District of Columbia, August 4, 2020
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 25, 2020
September 2020
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, September 3, 2020
- Flash Flooding in District of Columbia, September 10, 2020
October 2020
- Dense Fog in District of Columbia, October 21, 2020
- Dense Fog in District of Columbia, October 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in District of Columbia, October 23, 2020
November 2020
December 2020
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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.