Storm History: Rockingham County, Virginia
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Rockingham 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
- 1,121
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $54 million
- Episodes
- 751
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 | 171 | 0 | 0 | $342,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 153 | 0 | 0 | $867,000 |
| Winter Weather | 149 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Storm | 131 | 0 | 0 | $350,000 |
| Flash Flood | 108 | 0 | 0 | $17 million |
| Dense Fog | 86 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 73 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Flood | 50 | 0 | 0 | $20 million |
| Tornado | 38 | 0 | 0 | $900,000 |
| Heat | 24 | 1 | 6 | $5,000 |
| High Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 18 | 0 | 0 | $215,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $45,000 |
| Drought | 8 | 0 | 0 | $12 million |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Wildfire | 7 | 0 | 0 | $22,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 4 | 1 | 3 | $11,000 |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, September 6, 1996
- Drought, July 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 6, 1996
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 1997
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Tornado, April 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 5, 1952
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain, June 12, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 1996
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, July 24, 1999
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 22, 2026
- Hail, June 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- High Wind, November 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Tornado, May 30, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 12, 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
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2024
- Flood, September 27, 2024
- Hail, September 21, 2024
- Hail, August 29, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2024
- High Wind, March 20, 2024
- Wildfire, March 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2023
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Hail, July 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, April 18, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 12, 2022
- Blizzard, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Flood, February 4, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Hail, September 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2021
- Hail, August 13, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2021
- Hail, July 7, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2021
- Dense Fog, May 17, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2021
- Hail, May 4, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Dense Fog, April 10, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 11, 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 15, 2021
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2021
- Dense Fog, December 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2020
- Dense Fog, September 26, 2020
- Hail, August 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Heat, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2020
- Dense Fog, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2020
- Dense Fog, June 23, 2020
- Flood, June 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Flood, April 30, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 18, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 15, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 24, 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, December 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 23, 2019
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 17, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2019
- Dense Fog, October 14, 2019
- Hail, September 28, 2019
- Hail, August 20, 2019
- Flood, August 20, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 16, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Dense Fog, August 1, 2019
- Hail, July 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Hail, May 30, 2019
- Hail, May 25, 2019
- Dense Fog, May 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 8, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 10, 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 Weather, January 17, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 9, 2018
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 21, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 19, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 10, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 8, 2018
- Dense Fog, October 7, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 29, 2018
- Flood, September 27, 2018
- Flood, September 23, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 20, 2018
- Flood, September 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, September 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2018
- Flood, August 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2018
- Dense Fog, August 13, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2018
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Rockingham CountyEvery warning in Rockingham 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.