Virginia

Storm History: Albemarle County, Virginia

546 episodes, 1,017 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Albemarle County, Virginia: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,017
Deaths
17
Injuries
44
Damage
$5.3 million
Episodes
546

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.

Open the live radar over Albemarle County

Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind289010$1.3 million
Hail23927$780,000
Flash Flood15340$1.2 million
Flood8500$26,000
Tornado71116$1.5 million
Winter Weather56021$500,000
Winter Storm3700
Frost/Freeze2000
Cold/Wind Chill1400
High Wind1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Dense Fog1000
Heat600$3,000
Ice Storm400
Heavy Rain300
Tropical Storm200
Blizzard200
Storm Surge/Tide100
Wildfire100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Albemarle County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Albemarle CountyEvery warning in Albemarle County since 1986Every county in Virginia

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.