Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2022

2,017 events in 250 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2022, 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 2022 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

Open the live radar over Virginia

The year

Events
2,017
Deaths
3
Injuries
11
Damage
$70 million
Episodes
250

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 Wind1,03413$56 million
Winter Weather24310
Winter Storm16200$89,000
Flood11100$139,000
Hail9803$4.5 million
Flash Flood9202$2.5 million
Heavy Rain5400
Strong Wind3500$60,000
Coastal Flood3500
Cold/Wind Chill3300
Lightning2300$10,000
Tornado2203$5.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000$125,000
High Wind1510$264,000
Heavy Snow1300
Funnel Cloud1300
Ice Storm900
Drought300
Blizzard200

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.