Storm History: City of Charlottesville, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in City of Charlottesville, 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
- 443
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 83
- Damage
- $14 million
- Episodes
- 426
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm | 78 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Dense Fog | 74 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 33 | 0 | 12 | $3,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 30 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | $104,000 |
| Flash Flood | 23 | 0 | 65 | $2.6 million |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 1 | $93,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $522,000 |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | $18,000 |
| Tornado | 10 | 0 | 4 | $553,000 |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 1 | $21,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 9 | 0 | 0 | $8.4 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 5 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 1997
- Tornado, May 13, 2000
- High Wind, September 6, 1996
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Wildfire, March 5, 2007
- Ice Storm, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flood, June 23, 1998
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 1999
- Blizzard, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, June 6, 2002
- Strong Wind, February 1, 2002
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2007
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
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, June 19, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 14, 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
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Dense Fog, April 10, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 15, 2021
- Dense Fog, December 21, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 27, 2020
- Dense Fog, September 26, 2020
- Tornado, August 6, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 6, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 26, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, November 2, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 1, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, July 12, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 4, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Dense Fog, February 7, 2019
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 20, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 31, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2018
- Flood, July 31, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Flood, May 19, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, November 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Hail, February 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, November 8, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Dense Fog, July 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2016
- Dense Fog, June 4, 2016
- Dense Fog, May 31, 2016
- Dense Fog, May 2, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 9, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2016
- Dense Fog, February 3, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2014
- High Wind, October 14, 2014
- Dense Fog, September 30, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 30, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2013
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2013
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2013
- Dense Fog, November 16, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, October 25, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, October 24, 2013
- Dense Fog, August 20, 2013
- Dense Fog, August 11, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2013
- Dense Fog, May 8, 2013
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 18, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2013
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2013
- Dense Fog, January 11, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- Dense Fog, December 24, 2012
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2012
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, November 5, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Blizzard, October 29, 2012
- Dense Fog, October 2, 2012
- Dense Fog, September 28, 2012
- Heat, July 8, 2012
- Heat, July 6, 2012
- Heat, July 5, 2012
- Heat, July 4, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 1, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 7, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, March 27, 2012
- Dense Fog, March 22, 2012
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2012
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2012
- Dense Fog, January 10, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, October 30, 2011
- Dense Fog, September 23, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2011
- Heat, July 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 22, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Heat, July 11, 2011
- Heat, July 3, 2011
- Hail, June 12, 2011
- Heat, June 8, 2011
- Hail, April 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 27, 2011
- High Wind, February 25, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 21, 2011
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2010
- High Wind, December 1, 2010
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2010
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- High Wind, December 31, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Dense Fog, June 6, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 8, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 4, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2008
- Freezing Fog, December 31, 2007
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, October 29, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in City of CharlottesvilleEvery warning in City of Charlottesville 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 2026-10-01.