Talbot County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Talbot County: 0.
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.

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.

Claims by ZIP code

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

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.

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 county boundary (or inside the county).
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. Mar 3, 2019Tornado$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service survey found an EF2 tornado moved out of Harris County into Talbot County increasing to EF3 intensity along Highway 315 where a small church and a mobile home were destroyed and dozens of trees were downed. Extensive damage occurred to a two-story home. The Humble Zion Church which was completely demolished with no walls left standing, was constructed of cinder blocks and mortar. The tornado continued east northeast along or just south of Highway 315, and weakened once again with EF1 wind damage found through forested areas in and around the highway as it crossed Callier Road, O'Neal Road, and Mitchell Road. Next, the tornado moved across the northern…

2. Apr 27, 2017Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service survey team found a long-track tornado path across southeast Talbot County that briefly crossed into Taylor County before crossing back into Talbot County and ending. The entire path length was nearly 22 miles and the maximum path width was 700 yards. The tornado path began south of Highway 80 near the Talbot-Muscogee County line moving northeast and causing minor tree damage in a wooded area. It then crossed Box Spring Road where it caused EF-1 damage in a residential area destroying 2 barns and uprooting several large trees. The tornado then briefly weakened causing sparse damage to trees as it continued to move northeast crossing US Highway 80 at…

3. Sep 6, 2004High Wind, Talbot$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   High wind damage, associated with Tropical Storm Frances, is listed below, in alphabetical order by county for those counties that "high wind" criteria was either met or assumed to be met.Baldwin: The Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that extensive and widespread wind damage was observed. Many trees and power lines were down throughout the county and many parts of the county were expected to be without power for up to four days as a result. In addition, four homes suffered major damage and five suffered minor damage. One man was injured and taken to a local hospital when a tree fell on his mobile home. Four to five inches of rain was also reported throughout the…

4. Jan 21, 2017Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF2 tornado with maximum winds of 115 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards began in Talbot County just east of Highway 36 near the Flint River where hundreds of trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado moved north-northeast over a hill and into the river's floodplain. A home was severely damaged along the river and one person was trapped inside for a time but not injured. After travelling only around a half of a mile from its beginning point, the tornado crossed the Flint River into Upson County. [01/21/17: Tornado #6, County #1/2, EF1, Talbot-Upson, 2017:007].

5. Mar 1, 2007Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA concluded that an EF1 tornado touched down in western Talbot county just across the Harris county line just northeast of Baughville and traveled east-northeast lifting about four miles northwest of Talbotton in the vicinity of Powell-Church Road. The overall tornado path length was a little over four miles with a maximum path width of 100 yards. Much of the damage occurred between Georgia Highways 315 and 208 between Baughville, Olive Branch, and areas northwest of Talbotton. On the western end of the track, closer to Baughville and Olive Branch, one mobile home and four outbuildings were destroyed. In…

6. Sep 11, 2017Tropical Storm, Talbot$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Talbot County Emergency Manager and local news media reported many trees and power lines blown down across the county. No injuries were reported.

7. Feb 12, 2019Thunderstorm Wind$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Talbot County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across northern and western portions of the county with around a dozen roads impacted. The hardest hit area was between Highway 315 and Highway 36 west-northwest of Talbotton.

8. Apr 3, 2017Tornado$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF-1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 105 MPH and a maximum path width of 200 yards occurred in Talbot County. The tornado touched down along Pobiddy Road near the intersection with Jeff Hendricks Road and traveled east snapping a few trees before crossing Poplar Cross Road where several trees were snapped or uprooted onto the road. The tornado continued east along the north side of Carl Mathis Road in a wooded area downing trees. At an unoccupied home along Carl Mathis Road, a nearly 100 year old barn was completely destroyed along with a small shed. Numerous pecan and other hardwood trees north of the home were snapped and…

9. Jan 28, 2005Winter Storm, Talbot$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A significant and fairly prolonged winter storm/ice storm affected nearly all of North and Central Georgia from the evening of Friday January 28th to late morning on Sunday January 30th. The winter storm was a result of a very strong and very cold Arctic surface high pressure system located across the Mid-Atlantic states and an upper-level disturbance moving across the region from the west. North of a line from La Grange, to Thomaston, to Sandersville, the precipitation fell mostly as a mixture of sleet and freezing rain, with typical accumulations of one-half inch glaze ice and one to two inches of sleet. Some areas in North Central and Northeast Georgia experienced significant…

10. Mar 18, 2013Thunderstorm Wind$45,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The Talbot County Sheriff's office reported that several trees were blown down near Georgia Highway 36. At least one tree blocked a portion of the highway. A motorist swerved to miss a tree that had fallen across the highway, subsequently hitting another tree. The passenger was killed in the accident.

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

106°FJun 30, 2012

All-time low

−2°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

82°FAug 2, 1999

Coldest day

23°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

5.92 inApr 19, 2020

Snowiest day

11.0 inFeb 9, 1973

Hottest year

2019mean 68.6°F

Coldest year

1968mean 62.8°F

Wettest year

200980.20 in

Driest year

199926.39 in

Snowiest season

14.0 in1972-73

Station Columbus Metro Airport (USW00093842), 394 ft elevation, 24.5 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1948 to October 26, 2026; 99.9% 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.

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

Neighbouring counties

• 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 USW00093842.
• 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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