Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Broadway, VA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dale Enterprise, VA, 13 miles southwest of Broadway at 1,358 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 23°F. July is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.2 inches; the year adds up to 38.9 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (20.6 of 38.9 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 16 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (7); a normal September there has highs of 78°F and 3.7 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 21 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 123 nights a year. Snowfall averages 19.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 38.9 inches is more than at 1 of the 109 Virginia stations used on this site (1%). Timberville, 3 miles northeast, has its own station (Edinburg, VA): 37.3 inches a year, 1.6 less than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 163 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Broadway: 117 thunderstorm wind reports, 32 floods and 14 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $435,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 70 mph, on May 4, 1996. July has had the most flash floods, 5 of 14. Of the 364 Virginia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 122 have had fewer than Broadway.

Flood insurance policyholders in Broadway's ZIP code 22815 have filed 25 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1985, and were paid $333,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1985: 14 claims (56% of all) and $191,000. 88% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 183 Virginia cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 56 have fewer than Broadway.