Virginia

Storm History: Frederick County, Virginia

670 episodes, 930 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Frederick 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
930
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
670

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
Hail18402$5.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind13701$858,000
Winter Weather9600
Flash Flood9311$9.4 million
Winter Storm9310$1.4 million
Flood7000$10,000
Dense Fog6500
Frost/Freeze3600$6.5 million
Tornado3303$1.8 million
Heat2800
High Wind1500$230,000
Ice Storm1400$86,000
Strong Wind1300$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Drought1100$2.0 million
Excessive Heat900
Heavy Snow500$20,000
Blizzard400$35,000
Heavy Rain400
Lightning301$175,000
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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Frederick County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Frederick CountyEvery warning in Frederick 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.