Virginia

Storm History: Orange County, Virginia

621 episodes, 857 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Orange 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
857
Deaths
0
Injuries
5
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
621

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
Hail15401$316,000
Thunderstorm Wind13500$373,000
Dense Fog9800
Flash Flood8301$2.5 million
Winter Storm6900$200,000
Flood6600$1.1 million
Tornado5103$3.4 million
Winter Weather4800
Heat4400$2,000
Frost/Freeze3600$75,000
Drought1100$10 million
Excessive Heat1100
Strong Wind1000$6,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Ice Storm900
Heavy Snow500$250,000
High Wind500$365,000
Blizzard400$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$10,000
Heavy Rain200
Storm Surge/Tide100
Freezing Fog100
Tropical Storm100$2,000

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Orange County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Orange CountyEvery warning in Orange 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.