Virginia

Storm History: Goochland County, Virginia

268 episodes, 355 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Goochland 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
355
Deaths
2
Injuries
4
Damage
$3.5 million
Episodes
268

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
Thunderstorm Wind8802$167,000
Hail7600$194,000
Winter Storm5500$58,000
Tornado5212$721,000
Winter Weather4000
Heavy Rain2100
Flood500
Ice Storm300$100,000
Frost/Freeze300
Heavy Snow200
Heat200
Drought200$2.0 million
Flash Flood200$15,000
Excessive Heat200
Tropical Storm100$283,000
Strong Wind110$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 Goochland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Goochland CountyEvery warning in Goochland 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.