Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Leesburg, GA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Albany SW Ga Regional Airport, GA, 13 miles south of Leesburg at 190 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 93°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 62°F and 39°F. June and July are the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 46.7 inches over 67 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (23.6 of 46.7 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 53 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (19); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 3.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 106 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 28 nights a year. That 46.7 inches is more than at 8 of the 108 Georgia stations used on this site (7%). Dawson, 16 miles west, has its own station (Plains SW Ga Exp Stn, GA): 50.8 inches a year, 4.1 more than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 93°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 277 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Leesburg: 191 thunderstorm wind reports, 59 flash floods, 18 floods, 7 lightning strikes and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $3.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 93 mph, on January 9, 2024. July has had the most flash floods, 12 of 59. Of the 392 Georgia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 379 have had fewer than Leesburg.

Flood insurance policyholders in Leesburg's ZIP code 31763 have filed 719 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $17.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1998: 267 claims (37% of all) and $5.1 million, then Tropical Storm Alberto in 1994 with 151 and Early winter storms in 2015 with 58. 66% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 154 Georgia cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 146 have fewer than Leesburg.