Storm History: Arlington County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Arlington 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
- 620
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 78
- Damage
- $27 million
- Episodes
- 521
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 84 | 0 | 4 | $278,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 84 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Winter Storm | 63 | 0 | 0 | $405,000 |
| Winter Weather | 62 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 52 | 1 | 1 | $3.6 million |
| Heat | 51 | 0 | 39 | $12,000 |
| Dense Fog | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 28 | 0 | 5 | $1.9 million |
| Coastal Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 16 | 0 | 2 | $4.5 million |
| Strong Wind | 16 | 0 | 1 | $141,000 |
| Flood | 14 | 0 | 0 | $705,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 6 | 0 | 26 | $4.6 million |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 | $520,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2006
- Tornado, September 24, 2001
- Tornado, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2000
- Flood, September 6, 1996
- Storm Surge/Tide, September 6, 1996
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Strong Wind, March 31, 1997
- Tornado, May 25, 1997
- Flood, February 22, 2003
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Flood, July 17, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1996
- Hail, July 4, 2006
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2025
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2024
- Coastal Flood, September 21, 2024
- Coastal Flood, August 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, March 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 9, 2024
- Coastal Flood, September 24, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2022
- Hail, August 4, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2021
- Flood, October 25, 2021
- Flood, September 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Hail, August 10, 2021
- Hail, July 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Tornado, July 1, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, December 12, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 21, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Heat, July 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 30, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 13, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, November 2, 2019
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Heat, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 22, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 11, 2018
- Coastal Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flood, September 7, 2018
- Heat, August 29, 2018
- Hail, August 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2018
- Flood, July 17, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Heat, July 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Dense Fog, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2017
- Heat, August 18, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Heat, July 14, 2017
- Heat, July 13, 2017
- Tornado, April 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, November 13, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 13, 2016
- Heat, August 16, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Heat, August 12, 2016
- Heat, August 11, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2016
- Heat, July 23, 2016
- Hail, July 18, 2016
- Hail, May 2, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 9, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2016
- Coastal Flood, February 24, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2015
- Tornado, June 20, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Dense Fog, March 2, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- High Wind, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Hail, May 27, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, October 25, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Heat, July 18, 2013
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2013
- Dense Fog, January 13, 2013
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2012
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, November 6, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 30, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Heat, July 26, 2012
- Heat, July 18, 2012
- Heat, July 8, 2012
- Heat, July 4, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, March 27, 2012
- Dense Fog, March 22, 2012
- Dense Fog, February 16, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Arlington CountyEvery warning in Arlington 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.