Western District Severe Weather History
Western District has recorded 0 severe weather events since 1950. Reported property damage totals $0.
Storm risk snapshot
FEMA National Risk Index · December 2025Forward-looking risk from FEMA's National Risk Index — a complement to the historical record below. About the NRI.
By hazard type
Federal disaster declarations
16 federal disaster declarations affecting Western District (FEMA).
| Date | Incident | Type | Disaster # |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2020 | Biological | DR | 4537 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | EM | 3465 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | Hurricane | DR | 4357 |
| Feb 11, 2018 | Hurricane | EM | 3397 |
| Sep 10, 2014 | Severe Storm | DR | 4192 |
| Sep 29, 2009 | Earthquake | DR | 1859 |
| Feb 18, 2005 | Typhoon | DR | 1582 |
| Jan 13, 2004 | Typhoon | DR | 1506 |
| Jun 6, 2003 | Severe Storm | DR | 1473 |
| Dec 13, 1991 | Hurricane | DR | 927 |
| Feb 9, 1990 | Hurricane | DR | 855 |
| Jan 24, 1987 | Hurricane | DR | 785 |
Before 1950: historical newspaper accounts
The structured government storm record for Western District begins in 1950. Severe weather from earlier decades survives in first-hand newspaper reporting — eyewitness accounts, damage and casualties that predate the official database.
The Library of Congress's Chronicling America archive holds millions of digitized, public-domain newspaper pages from 1836–1949. Search it for storms in Western District:
Search 1836–1949 newspapers for Western District →Source: Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (public domain). Opens on loc.gov.