Storms in Virginia in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia 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.
Virginia 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
- 2,368
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $41 million
- Episodes
- 261
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 | 627 | 0 | 0 | $2.3 million |
| Flood | 418 | 0 | 0 | $958,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 386 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 259 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 213 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 66 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 64 | 1 | 5 | $838,000 |
| Heat | 61 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 53 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 33 | 0 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| High Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $48,000 |
| Tornado | 16 | 0 | 5 | $22 million |
| Lightning | 11 | 0 | 1 | |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 3 | $41,000 |
| Debris Flow | 9 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, January 3 to 4, 2020
- High Wind in Virginia, January 5, 2020
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 7, 2020
- High Wind in Virginia, January 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 11 to 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 11, 2020
- High Wind in Virginia, January 11, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 11 to 12, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 12, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, January 14 to 15, 2020
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 18, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, January 25, 2020
February 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, February 1, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, February 1 to 2, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, February 5 to 10, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, February 6, 2020
- Strong Wind in Virginia, February 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 6, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, February 7, 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 7, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 7, 2020
- Strong Wind in Virginia, February 7, 2020
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 20 to 21, 2020
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 20 to 21, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, February 26, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, February 26, 2020
March 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 3, 2020
- Winter Weather in Virginia, March 6, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, March 24, 2020
- Flood in Virginia, March 25, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, March 30, 2020
April 2020
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, April 5, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 7 to 8, 2020
- Hail in Virginia, April 7, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 8, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 8, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 9, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 10 to 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Virginia, April 12 to 14, 2020
- Flooding and Strong Wind in Virginia, April 12 to 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, April 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 13, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, April 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind in Virginia, April 13, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 13, 2020
- Winter Weather in Virginia, April 14 to 15, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 15 to 16, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 16 to 17, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 18 to 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 21, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, April 22, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, April 24, 2020
- Hail in Virginia, April 26, 2020
- Strong Wind in Virginia, April 29, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, April 29, 2020
- Strong Wind in Virginia, April 30, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, April 30, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, April 30, 2020
May 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 3, 2020
- Flood in Virginia, May 3 to 4, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, May 6 to 7, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, May 8 to 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, May 9 to 10, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, May 11 to 12, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, May 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 16, 2020
- Hail in Virginia, May 16, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 16, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Virginia, May 18 to 27, 2020
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, May 19 to 20, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, May 23, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Virginia, May 24 to 25, 2020
- Funnel Cloud in Virginia, May 27, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, May 29, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 30, 2020
June 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 4, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, June 5, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, June 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 10, 2020
- Hail in Virginia, June 14, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, June 16 to 21, 2020
- Flood in Virginia, June 17 to 18, 2020
- Flood in Virginia, June 18, 2020
- Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 19, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 19, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, June 19 to 20, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, June 20, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 20, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, June 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 25, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 25, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 27, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, July 1, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 1, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 1, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, July 7, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, July 8, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 10, 2020
- Heat in Virginia, July 17, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 17, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 17, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 17, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 18, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 18, 2020
- Heat in Virginia, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 19, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 19, 2020
- Heat in Virginia, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 20, 2020
- Heat in Virginia, July 21, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 2020
- Heat in Virginia, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 2020
- Flood and Hail in Virginia, July 22, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, July 22, 2020
- Heat in Virginia, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 23, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Virginia, July 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 24, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, July 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 2020
- Debris Flows in Virginia, July 30, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 31, 2020
August 2020
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 2 to 3, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 3 to 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 3, 2020
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, August 4, 2020
- Tornadoes in Virginia, August 4, 2020
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, August 4, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Flooding in Virginia, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 4, 2020
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, August 4, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 5, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 5, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, August 5 to 6, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, August 6, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, August 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 6, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, August 6, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 6, 2020
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 7, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, August 8 to 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 11, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 11, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, August 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in Virginia, August 12 to 15, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 14, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, August 14 to 15, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 15, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 15 to 16, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, August 17, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 17, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 19, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Virginia, August 20 to 22, 2020
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 20, 2020
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 22 to 23, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, August 22 to 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 24, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 24, 2020
- Flash Flood and Flood in Virginia, August 24, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 27, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 28, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 28, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 28, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, August 28 to 29, 2020
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 31, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, August 31, 2020
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 31, 2020
September 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, September 3, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, September 9 to 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, September 10, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, September 17 to 18, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, September 17, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, September 26 to 27, 2020
- Strong Wind in Virginia, September 29, 2020
- Tornadoes in Virginia, September 29, 2020
October 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, October 11 to 12, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 17, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 19, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, October 21, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, October 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, October 23, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, October 27, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, October 29 to 30, 2020
- Tropical Storm and Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 29, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, October 29 to 30, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, October 29 to 30, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in Virginia, October 31, 2020
November 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, November 9, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, November 10 to 17, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, November 11 to 12, 2020
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, November 11 to 12, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, November 11 to 13, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, November 12 to 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 15, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, November 30, 2020
- Flood in Virginia, November 30, 2020
December 2020
- Strong Wind in Virginia, December 1, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, December 4 to 5, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, December 12, 2020
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Flood in Virginia, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, December 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in Virginia, December 21, 2020
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Flooding in Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Flash Flood in Virginia, December 24, 2020
- Cold in Virginia, December 25 to 26, 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.