Statesboro

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Bulloch County, the county that contains Statesboro.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

The drought index is for Bulloch County, the county that contains Statesboro.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 11, 2017Tropical Depression, Bulloch$900,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Bulloch County Emergency Management reported multiple trees down across the county due to strong winds associated with Hurricane Irma. As many as 35 roads were blocked by fallen trees and at least 3 trees fell on residential structures near Statesboro. Approximately 10,000 power outages were reported across the county. The AWOS site near Statesboro (KTBR) measured a peak wind gust of 39 mph during the event.

2. Mar 26, 2011Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed and EF1 tornado with a path length of 3.1 miles and a maximum path width of 0.25 miles. One mobile home was completely destroyed and thrown 30 yards from its foundation by the tornado. Several outbuildings, sheds, and carports were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees were snapped or uprooted.

3. May 11, 2008Tornado$125,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A confirmed EF-1 Tornado touched down just to the east of Nevils, Georgia along Nesmith Proctor Road where a cluster of trees were snapped and blown down. The Tornado then moved rapidly east and crossed Interstate 16 near mile marker 125 where extensive tree damage occurred. The Tornado then moved across Highway 67 near Old Rocker Road where it partially destroyed the roof of a mobile home and damaged nearby trees. Finally the Tornado crossed Old Happy Road and moved through the Old Happy Farm where it completely destroyed a mobile home, several irrigation systems and a large storage shed before dissipating. ||The total path length was approximately 2.25 miles and the maximum…

4. Apr 5, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$75,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager reported that four structures received damage with multiple trees down near the intersection of Pecan Grove Road and CL Woods Road. One Church had steeple and porch damage. One mobile home was rolled over and destroyed. One tree fell on another home. One house had a front porch collapse. All damage was due to straight line winds.

5. Aug 30, 2023Flash Flood$55,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager reported numerous dirt roads washed out across the northern portions of Bulloch County due to heavy rainfall associated with Tropical Storm Idalia. Flooding waters also came near to entering homes along Northlake and Westlake Drives. Numerous paved roads were also flooded with water flowing across them. Daily rainfall amounts between 6 to 8.43 inches were recorded by the time of flash flooding starting across the area.

6. Aug 19, 2013Flash Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Bulloch County 911 dispatch relayed numerous reports of road closures in or near the Statesboro city limits. Approximately 20 to 25 water rescues were reported due to flooding in the first floor of an apartment complex and homes along Johnson Street and West Site Road as well as Hodges Circle. Two dam failures were also reported northeast of Statesboro. One of the dams was along Buck Creek Road. Twenty-two homes were also impacted in the Statesboro area.

7. Jan 10, 2011Ice Storm, Bulloch$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Bulloch county Emergency Manager reported storm total ice accumulation of 0.25 to 0.50 inches, highest across the northern portion of the county. Widespread tree damage was also reported, with downed trees having to be removed from over 40 roadways across the county.

8. Mar 26, 2011Tornado$40,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF0 Tornado with a path length of 0.6 miles and a maximum path width of 100 yards. Two mobile homes had siding and under-siding damaged along with some minor shingle damage. The tornado also snapped and uprooted dozens of trees.

9. Apr 5, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$38,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Law enforcement reported a destroyed mobile home on Pecan Grove Road.

10. May 16, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    A Bulloch county official reported grain bins damaged, a roof blown off a home and multiple trees down in Register, Georgia.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

109°FJul 13, 1980

All-time low

1°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

82°FAug 25, 1996

Coldest day

25°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

12.75 inSep 27, 1929

Snowiest day

5.0 in2 times, most recently Feb 10, 1973

Hottest year

1990mean 68.9°F

Coldest year

1969mean 64.0°F

Wettest year

192971.38 in

Driest year

200126.29 in

Station Brooklet 1 W (USC00091266), 180 ft elevation, 7.3 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1925 to October 28, 2026; 96.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Bulloch County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00091266.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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