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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Manassas Park, VA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

27 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Manassas Park, Virginia since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Zeta in 2020. Since 1950, 88 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
3

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
24

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
88

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
6

5 deaths in all

What the records show for Manassas Park

The strongest storm to pass near Manassas Park was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 93 mph winds when its centre passed 14 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Hazel in 1954, whose centre came within 7 miles. The record near Manassas Park begins with an unnamed storm in 1876; the most recent system was Zeta in 2020, a tropical storm 51 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 5 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 27 systems, 4 have come since 2000. Manassas Park has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 33% of the 364 Virginia cities on this site. The highest rating among the 88 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 2 times; the most recent, on April 28, 2002, came within 21 miles. Of the 88, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 57 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 21. The most recent tornado was on August 8, 2024. Manassas Park has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 88% of the 364 Virginia cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 129 times since 1965, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Manassas Park has more hail reports within 10 miles than 89% of the 364 Virginia cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Manassas Park

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Manassas Park, Virginia, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020ZetaOct 2951 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
2020IsaiasAug 461 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
2008HannaSep 673 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2006ErnestoSep 240 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1979DavidSep 663 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1824 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 2
1955ConnieAug 1350 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 4
1954HazelOct 157 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 4
1952AbleSep 118 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2929 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1945Unnamed 1945 stormSep 1839 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 255 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1943Unnamed 1943 stormOct 142 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1923 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2414 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 233 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 2015 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 5
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 46 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormOct 1269 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 138 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 3063 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2340 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1434 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2912 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1332 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2314 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 181 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Manassas Park: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Manassas Park

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s24
  • 2000s27(3 EF3+)
  • 1990s14
  • 1980s7
  • 1970s5(3 EF3+)
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Manassas Park, Virginia
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 28, 2002F421 mi38 mi3 / 122
Sep 24, 2001F421 mi10 mi0 / 2
Sep 5, 1979F317 mi17.9 mi1 / 6
Jan 26, 1978F320 mi0.7 mi1 / 10
Sep 17, 2004F323 mi9 mi0 / 2
Apr 1, 1973F37 mi9.8 mi0 / 37
Sep 17, 2004F24 mi15 mi0 / 1
Sep 17, 2004F210 mi4 mi0 / 0
Sep 17, 2004F216 mi13 mi0 / 0
Sep 17, 2004F219 mi8 mi0 / 0
Sep 8, 2004F222 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1996F25 mi20 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 88, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Manassas Park

The Storm Prediction Center has 129 hail reports within 10 miles of Manassas Park since 1965, made on 59 separate days. Of these, 89 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2 inches (hen egg size), was reported on 4 days, most recently May 2, 2016. The most recent report is from June 16, 2023. May has the most reports, 44.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Radar-estimated hail days in Manassas Park since 2019 →

Weather by month in Manassas Park

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Washington Dc Dulles Airport, VA, 12 miles north of Manassas Park at 290 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 43°F and 25°F. May is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 43.2 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (22.7 of 43.2 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 27 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (9); a normal October there has highs of 68°F and 3.7 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 33 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 102 nights a year. Snowfall averages 21.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 43.2 inches is more than at 22 of the 109 Virginia stations used on this site (20%). Clifton, 4 miles northeast, has its own station (Vienna, VA): 43.5 inches a year, 0.3 more than here, and a July average high of 84°F against 88°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Washington, DC, 24 miles east, averaged 84°F in July and 39°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July to August. Sea level at the Washington tide gauge, 24 miles from Manassas Park, has risen 1.40 ± 0.05 inches per decade from 1924 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 14.0 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 84 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Washington Dc Dulles Airport, VA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow inWater °F
Jan43252.966.939
Feb46272.667.041
Mar55343.573.950
Apr67433.560.160
May75534.780.069
Jun83624.370.077
Jul88674.270.084
Aug86653.560.082
Sep79583.960.076
Oct68453.750.066
Nov57363.150.354
Dec47293.362.842
Year664543.27421.062

Averages for 1991–2020 at Washington Dc Dulles Airport, VA (290 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Washington, DC, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

Virginia weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Manassas Park

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 632 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Manassas Park: 365 thunderstorm wind reports, 182 floods, 82 flash floods, 2 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 6, and the NWS estimated $10.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on June 22, 2026. May has had the most flash floods, 26 of 82. Of the 364 Virginia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 328 have had fewer than Manassas Park.

  • June 29, 2012: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Manassas Park — 1 killed.

  • July 27, 2008: thunderstorm wind 3 miles from the centre of Manassas Park — 3 injured, $5,000 damage.

    NWS: “A local newspaper reported 3 people were injured when a tent collapsed at Bull Run Regional Park.”

  • August 3, 2002: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Manassas Park — 1 injured, $1.5 million damage.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Flood insurance policyholders in Manassas Park's ZIP code 20111 have filed 125 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 16. 9% 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, 142 have fewer than Manassas Park.

Manassas Park city, which includes Manassas Park, has been named in 14 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1993, 8 of them major disasters (by incident: 5 snowstorms, 4 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on April 2, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Manassas Park City a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Low for strong wind, lightning and heat waves; Very Low for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $3.3 million a year, the 119th highest of 133 Virginia counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $2.0 million (60%), is from inland flooding.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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