Storms in North Carolina in 1974
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1974, 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 1974 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
- 79
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 52
- Damage
- $29 million
- Episodes
- 28
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 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 7 | 52 | $29 million |
| Hail | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1974
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 3, 1974
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 22, 1974
March 1974
April 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 2, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 4, 1974
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 13, 1974
May 1974
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 12, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 19, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 26, 1974
- Tornado in North Carolina, May 27, 1974
June 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 1, 1974
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 2, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 13, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 1974
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 1974
- Hail in North Carolina, June 20, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 23, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 28, 1974
July 1974
August 1974
September 1974
December 1974
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1974Tornadoes in North Carolina in 197419731975
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.