Storms in North Carolina in 1976
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1976, 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 1976 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
- 86
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $4.9 million
- Episodes
- 31
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 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 23 | 3 | 17 | $4.9 million |
| Hail | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1976
March 1976
April 1976
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 4, 1976
- Hail in North Carolina, April 8, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 14, 1976
- Hail in North Carolina, April 22, 1976
May 1976
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 7, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 1976
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, May 15, 1976
- Hail in North Carolina, May 17, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 18, 1976
June 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 22, 1976
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 28, 1976
July 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 15, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 16, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 24, 1976
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 25, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 28, 1976
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 29, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 30, 1976
August 1976
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 1, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 2, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 13, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 14, 1976
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 16, 1976
October 1976
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1976Tornadoes in North Carolina in 197619751977
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.