Virginia Storm Data: Hail, Wind & Severe Weather
Deduplicated severe weather activity for Virginia, fused from NWS warnings, storm reports, official records, and FEMA declarations.
Virginia severe weather at a glance (last 12 months)
StormAuditor's consolidated public record currently shows 8,590 storm events impacting 129 of Virginia's 133 counties in the trailing 12 months: 4,583 wind events, 3,210 hail events, 83 tornado events, 741 flood events. Events are fused from National Weather Service warnings and Special Weather Statements, observed Local Storm Reports, official NCEI storm records, and FEMA disaster declarations, then consolidated into a single event table under the published methodology. Because a single storm can carry more than one hazard tag (a squall line can produce both wind and flood records), the per-type counts can legitimately add up to more than the consolidated total. Sub-severe statements (radar-indicated gusts of 40+ mph or hail of 0.5"+) are included at a distinct moderate tier and never counted as severe.
Biggest Virginia storm days
- March 16, 2026 — 622 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- August 10, 2026 — 566 recorded events (flood, hail, wind)
- June 12, 2026 — 417 recorded events (flood, hail, wind)
- July 4, 2026 — 411 recorded events (flood, hail, wind)
- September 4, 2026 — 388 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
Most impacted counties
- Fauquier — 163 events (103 severe)
- Chesterfield — 160 events (68 severe)
- Loudoun — 159 events (96 severe)
- Hanover — 140 events (72 severe)
- Richmond — 137 events (69 severe)
- Culpeper — 132 events (91 severe)
- Henrico — 128 events (66 severe)
- Fairfax — 124 events (67 severe)
Additional activity recorded in NWS forecast zones: Virginia Be (22) · Newport New (6) · Charles (6) · Virginia Blue Ridge (4).
Download the Virginia dataset (free)
The full consolidated Virginia event list for the trailing 12 months — dates, counties, hazard types, severities, measured gusts and hail sizes, with coordinates; source records deduplicated, and each NWS warning product listed per affected county — downloads free and stays current with the live record: download CSV · download JSON. Reusable with attribution under the data license; the JSON file carries a field dictionary and provenance notes.
Research a specific Virginia address
Statewide counts tell you where activity concentrated; they do not tell you what happened at one property. For an individual address, run the Free Report Snapshot (an instant YES/NO against StormAuditor's screening thresholds — wind ≥ 45 mph, hail ≥ 0.75 in., deliberately below the official NWS severe criteria), use the Address Lookup, or purchase a full Weather Report for $2.99 covering every qualifying storm date at the address. Browse day-by-day activity on the Storm Calendar or compare states on the Storm Data hub.
All values are derived from public NOAA and NWS data under StormAuditor's published methodology. They are research estimates, not certified weather records — see Limitations. Data last refreshed September 6, 2026.
See where recent storms tracked on the statewide Virginia hail map and wind map, or check the county impact heatmap.
Virginia city storm pages: Virginia Beach hail & wind history · Chesapeake hail & wind history · Richmond hail & wind history
Neighboring states: Kentucky storm data · Maryland storm data · North Carolina storm data · Tennessee storm data · West Virginia storm data
About this page: built by Storm Auditor LLC from public NOAA/NWS records — deduplicated warnings, storm reports, station measurements, and official records on a rolling 12-month window, under the published methodology. See the StormAuditor Editorial Team for how content is produced.