Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Chincoteague, VA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wallops Island Flight Fac, VA, 5 miles west of Chincoteague at 38 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 46°F and 30°F. July is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 43.3 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (23.3 of 43.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 80 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (34); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 19 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 69 nights a year. Snowfall averages 8.4 inches a year, most of it in January. That 43.3 inches is more than at 23 of the 109 Virginia stations used on this site (21%). Snow Hill, MD, 18 miles north, has its own station (Snow Hill 4 N, MD): 47.6 inches a year, 4.3 more than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 45 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Chincoteague: 22 heavy rain events, 20 thunderstorm wind reports, 2 flash floods and 1 flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $30,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 77 mph, on June 12, 2026.

Flood insurance policyholders in Chincoteague's ZIP code 23336 have filed 298 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $1.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Sandy in 2012: 79 claims (27% of all) and $729,000, then November 2009 Nor'easter in 2009 with 42 and Flooding in 1998 with 30. 61% 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, 164 have fewer than Chincoteague.