District of Columbia

Storms in District of Columbia in 2021

49 events in 24 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind2400$276,000
Flood900
Flash Flood800
Winter Weather200
Tornado205$466,000
Coastal Flood200
Ice Storm100
Heat100

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

February 2021

April 2021

May 2021

July 2021

August 2021

September 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.