Virginia

Storm History: City of Winchester, Virginia

465 episodes, 485 events since 1982

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in City of Winchester, 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
485
Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
465

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.

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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
Winter Weather9600
Winter Storm9010$1.4 million
Dense Fog6500
Frost/Freeze3600$6.5 million
Thunderstorm Wind3001$202,000
Heat2700$2,000
Flash Flood2100$6.5 million
Hail1900$2.6 million
High Wind1500$230,000
Ice Storm1400$86,000
Strong Wind1200$38,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Drought1100$2.0 million
Excessive Heat900
Tornado600$5,000
Heavy Snow500$20,000
Blizzard400$35,000
Heavy Rain400
Flood400$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill300
Storm Surge/Tide100
Tropical Storm100$2,000

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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in City of WinchesterEvery warning in City of Winchester 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.