Astronomical Low Tide in Virginia
Every astronomical low tide event the National Weather Service has filed in Virginia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Unusually low water from tides and offshore wind that caused impacts.
The most significant on the map
The most significant astronomical low tide episodes in Virginia.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 6
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $1,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Winter Storm and Astronomical Low Tide in Virginia, January 10 to 11, 2025The second winter storm to impact the region in less than a week. Widespread snow totals of 3-5 inches occurred during the overnight period of Jan 10 to 11 from the Piedmont near Chase City and Farmville eastward through the southern Richmond Metro and Williamsburg and into the…
- Coastal Flood and Astronomical Low Tide in Virginia, August 21 to 23, 2025Hurricane Erin passed well offshore and combined with high pressure to the north, resulting in a period of strong onshore winds and coastal flooding across eastern Virginia and the Virginia Eastern Shore.
- Coastal Flood and Astronomical Low Tide in Virginia, October 28 to 30, 2025Low pressure off the Mid-Atlantic coast combined with high pressure in Canada, resulting in a lengthy period of northeasterly onshore flow. Increasing tidal anomalies resulted in moderate to locally major tidal flooding over an extended period.
- Flash Flooding and Astronomical Low Tide in Virginia, July 31, 2025A front was located north of the region and gradually moved south in response to an approaching mid level disturbance. To the south of the front, robust heating of a moist low level airmass resulted in increasing instability by the afternoon and evening hours.
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Astronomical Low Tide everywhereEvery kind of event 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.