Storms in North Carolina in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 65
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- $1.6 million
- Episodes
- 22
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 15 | 1 | 11 | $1.6 million |
Every episode, month by month
January 1978
March 1978
April 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, April 19, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 26, 1978
May 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 4, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 13, 1978
June 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 3, 1978
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 6, 1978
- Hail in North Carolina, June 22, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 24, 1978
July 1978
- Hail in North Carolina, July 1, 1978
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 11, 1978
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 14, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 25, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 31, 1978
August 1978
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 5, 1978
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 14, 1978
- Hail in North Carolina, August 26, 1978
December 1978
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in North Carolina in 197819771979
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.