Storms in District of Columbia in 2021
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in District of Columbia in 2021, 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 2021 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
- 49
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $742,000
- Episodes
- 24
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 | 24 | 0 | 0 | $276,000 |
| Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 5 | $466,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 25 to 26, 2021
- Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 31, 2021
February 2021
April 2021
May 2021
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, May 4, 2021
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, May 26, 2021
July 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flooding in District of Columbia, July 1, 2021
- Flooding in District of Columbia, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 21, 2021
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, July 26, 2021
August 2021
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 9, 2021
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 10, 2021
- Heat in District of Columbia, August 12, 2021
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, August 13, 2021
- Flash Flood in District of Columbia, August 16 to 17, 2021
- Flash Flooding in District of Columbia, August 20, 2021
- Flood in District of Columbia, August 21, 2021
- Damaging Winds in District of Columbia, August 26, 2021
September 2021
- Flash Flood and Flood in District of Columbia, September 1, 2021
- Flooding in District of Columbia, September 16, 2021
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, September 22, 2021
- Flooding in District of Columbia, September 23, 2021
October 2021
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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.