Storms in North Carolina in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1966, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
North Carolina in 1966 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 56
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $1.3 million
- Episodes
- 29
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 8 | 0 | 9 | $1.3 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1966
March 1966
April 1966
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 5, 1966
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 12, 1966
- Hail in North Carolina, April 13, 1966
May 1966
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 1, 1966
- Hail in North Carolina, May 14, 1966
- Hail in North Carolina, May 30, 1966
June 1966
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 25, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 27, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 28, 1966
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 30, 1966
July 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 4, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 9, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 14, 1966
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 15, 1966
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 29, 1966
August 1966
September 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 4, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 17, 1966
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 21, 1966
October 1966
November 1966
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in North Carolina in 196619651967
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.