Storm History: Frederick County, Virginia
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 184 | 0 | 2 | $5.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 137 | 0 | 1 | $858,000 |
| Winter Weather | 96 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 93 | 1 | 1 | $9.4 million |
| Winter Storm | 93 | 1 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Flood | 70 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Dense Fog | 65 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 36 | 0 | 0 | $6.5 million |
| Tornado | 33 | 0 | 3 | $1.8 million |
| Heat | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 15 | 0 | 0 | $230,000 |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $86,000 |
| Strong Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Blizzard | 4 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 1 | $175,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 1997
- Hail, April 23, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Drought, July 1, 1997
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Tornado, September 17, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2022
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Lightning, May 15, 2004
- Hail, July 6, 1995
- Hail, July 28, 1997
- Tornado, June 16, 1998
- High Wind, January 14, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1996
- Tornado, June 18, 1997
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
- Hail, May 18, 2026
- Hail, May 13, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2026
- 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 Weather, January 1, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2025
- Hail, May 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 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 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2024
- Hail, April 15, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2024
- Flood, January 28, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2022
- Hail, August 4, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Flood, May 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Flood, February 4, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Flood, September 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Heat, August 13, 2021
- Hail, August 13, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Hail, July 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Flood, June 10, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Dense Fog, May 17, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Dense Fog, February 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, September 26, 2020
- Hail, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Heat, July 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, July 8, 2020
- Hail, June 25, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 21, 2020
- Flood, June 19, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 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, January 3, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2019
- Hail, September 2, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 24, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 4, 2019
- Hail, May 3, 2019
- Flood, May 3, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 2, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Flood, December 15, 2018
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Flood, September 17, 2018
- Flood, September 9, 2018
- Heat, September 4, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Flood, August 12, 2018
- Flood, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2018
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2018
- Flood, July 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Heat, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2018
- Flood, June 3, 2018
- Flood, June 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2018
- Flood, May 16, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Hail, May 14, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, April 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- High Wind, March 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2017
- Tornado, May 30, 2017
- Dense Fog, May 28, 2017
- Hail, May 18, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2017
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 2017
- High Wind, February 12, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 26, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 6, 2016
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2016
- Dense Fog, September 19, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2016
- Hail, June 21, 2016
- Hail, June 16, 2016
- Dense Fog, June 4, 2016
- Flood, May 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 14, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 13, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 9, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 5, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, April 2, 2016
- Dense Fog, March 16, 2016
- Ice Storm, February 14, 2016
- Flood, February 3, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 29, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 25, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 22, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, October 18, 2015
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.