Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Elkton, VA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dale Enterprise, VA, 17 miles west of Elkton 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 18 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (8); 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%). Stanardsville, 11 miles southeast, has its own station (Somerset, VA): 45.1 inches a year, 6.2 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 149 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Elkton: 98 thunderstorm wind reports, 32 floods and 19 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $4.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 30, 2019. Of the 364 Virginia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 172 have had fewer than Elkton.

Flood insurance policyholders in Elkton's ZIP code 22827 have filed 51 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1985, and were paid $422,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Fran in 1996: 18 claims (35% of all) and $222,000, then Hurricane Isabel in 2003 with 15. 78% 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, 97 have fewer than Elkton.