Georgia

Storms in Georgia in 2020

1,535 events in 185 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Georgia 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.

Georgia 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

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The year

Events
1,535
Deaths
17
Injuries
50
Damage
$34 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 Wind85501$1.7 million
Flash Flood21233$2.4 million
Hail9700$8.6 million
Flood9603$444,000
Tropical Storm9030$525,000
Tornado77942$20 million
Winter Storm2700
Winter Weather2400
Lightning1900$14,000
Heavy Rain1300
Strong Wind800$20,000
Rip Current621
Funnel Cloud500
Coastal Flood500
Debris Flow100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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September 2020

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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.