Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2020

2,368 events in 261 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind62700$2.3 million
Flood41800$958,000
Heavy Rain38600
Dense Fog25900
Flash Flood21300$11 million
Frost/Freeze10800
Winter Weather6600
Hail6415$838,000
Heat6100
Winter Storm5300$2,000
Tropical Storm3300$3.5 million
High Wind2100$48,000
Tornado1605$22 million
Lightning1101
Strong Wind1003$41,000
Debris Flow900$10,000
Heavy Snow700
Coastal Flood400
Funnel Cloud100
Cold/Wind Chill100

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.