Storms in West Virginia in 2020
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in West 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.
West 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
- 925
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $5.6 million
- Episodes
- 151
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 | 286 | 1 | 2 | $1.3 million |
| Winter Weather | 129 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 71 | 0 | 0 | $176,000 |
| Strong Wind | 70 | 0 | 0 | $96,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 68 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 56 | 0 | 1 | $3.7 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $372,000 |
| Heat | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, January 3 to 4, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 4 to 5, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 7, 2020
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in West Virginia, January 11 to 12, 2020
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 11, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, January 14 to 15, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 18, 2020
- Flood in West Virginia, January 25, 2020
February 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 1, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 5 to 8, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 7 to 8, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 7 to 15, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 7, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, February 11 to 16, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, February 26, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Hail in West Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 26 to 27, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 27 to 28, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 27 to 28, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 28 to 29, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 28 to 29, 2020
March 2020
- Hail in West Virginia, March 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, March 3, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2020
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 6, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, March 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, March 28 to 29, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, March 29, 2020
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, March 29 to 30, 2020
April 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, April 7 to 10, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 8, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 8 to 9, 2020
- Hail in West Virginia, April 9, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, April 10, 2020
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in West Virginia, April 12 to 14, 2020
- Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 12 to 13, 2020
- High Wind in West Virginia, April 13, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, April 13, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 16 to 17, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 18 to 19, 2020
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, April 21, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, April 22, 2020
- Flooding in West Virginia, April 30, 2020
May 2020
- Flooding in West Virginia, May 1 to 2, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, May 6 to 7, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, May 8 to 9, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, May 9 to 10, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, May 11 to 12, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, May 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, May 20 to 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, May 23, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 25, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, May 28, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, May 29, 2020
June 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 3, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 3 to 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 4, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 5, 2020
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 5, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 10, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 14 to 15, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Flood in West Virginia, June 17 to 21, 2020
- Flood in West Virginia, June 18, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 18 to 19, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 22, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, June 23, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 23, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 25, 2020
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 27, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 27 to 28, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 30, 2020
July 2020
- Hail in West Virginia, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 7 to 10, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, July 8, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2020
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 16, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 16, 2020
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, July 17, 2020
- Heat in West Virginia, July 19, 2020
- Heat in West Virginia, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 20, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 21, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 21 to 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 22, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 27, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 27, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 30 to 31, 2020
August 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 1, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 1, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 6, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 7, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 15, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 22, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 25, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 25, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 27, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 27, 2020
- Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, August 28 to 29, 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 28, 2020
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 31, 2020
September 2020
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, September 3, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, September 3, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, September 26 to 27, 2020
October 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 17, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 18, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 19, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, October 22, 2020
- Frost and Freeze in West Virginia, October 31, 2020
November 2020
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, November 2, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, November 15, 2020
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in West Virginia, November 15 to 17, 2020
December 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 1 to 2, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 1 to 2, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 1 to 2, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 1 to 2, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 14, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 14, 2020
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 16, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 16 to 17, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, December 18, 2020
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, December 21, 2020
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, December 21 to 22, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 21 to 22, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 21 to 22, 2020
- Flooding in West Virginia, December 24 to 26, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, December 24 to 25, 2020
- Cold in West 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.