Severe Weather History


Georgia Heavy Rain History: 653 Recorded Events

653

Recorded events

108

Counties affected

1

Direct deaths

$2.9M

Property damage

Georgia heavy rain history: 653 recorded events across 108 counties between 1999 and 2025.

Decade by decade

Georgia heavy rain history by decade

Georgia heavy rain history: recorded events per decade
Georgia heavy rain history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 180 reported heavy rain events across Georgia. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most heavy rain events in Georgia

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Camden County370$02003–2025
#2Glynn County360$31K2003–2025
#3Charlton County190$02009–2025
#4Appling County180$02003–2025
#5Wayne County180$02003–2025
#6Lowndes County170$02011–2012
#7Ware County140$02005–2022
#8Clinch County140$02003–2022
#9Coffee County120$02008–2025
#10Gwinnett County120$606K2003–2005
#11Thomas County120$1K2011–2018
#12Brantley County110$02003–2025
#13Richmond County90$10K2014–2023
#14Pierce County80$02017–2025
#15Tift County70$02012–2012
#16Cobb County70$123K2003–2016
#17Floyd County70$10K2003–2009
#18Burke County70$02014–2022
#19Coweta County60$110K2004–2018
#20Whitfield County60$426K2003–2008
#21Columbia County60$02013–2020
#22Jeff Davis County60$02003–2025
#23Fulton County60$550K2003–2012
#24Grady County50$02012–2012
#25Echols County50$02006–2025
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

Significant events

Deadliest heavy rain events in Georgia

DateCountyScaleDeathsInjuries
Aug 6, 2003Pulaski County—10
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · dates UTC

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