Virginia

Storms in Virginia in 2026

881 events in 102 episodes, still being filed

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Virginia in 2026, 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 2026 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
881
Deaths
2
Injuries
26
Damage
$4.7 million
Episodes
102

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 Wind41101$2.7 million
Drought10000
Winter Storm8311$200,000
Winter Weather7200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill5900
Cold/Wind Chill4200
Flash Flood4000$179,000
Hail33124$552,000
Heavy Snow1900$1,000
High Wind1000
Strong Wind500$10
Flood300
Frost/Freeze200$1.0 million
Heavy Rain100
Lightning100

Every episode, month by month

January 2026

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June 2026

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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.