Storms in North Carolina in 1980
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1980, 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 1980 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
- 76
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $828,000
- Episodes
- 25
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 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 0 | $828,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1980
March 1980
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 3, 1980
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 17, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 24, 1980
April 1980
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 4, 1980
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 9, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, April 27, 1980
May 1980
June 1980
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 1980
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 25, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 26, 1980
July 1980
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 3, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 1980
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 1980
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 17, 1980
August 1980
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, August 1, 1980
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 3, 1980
- Hail in North Carolina, August 10, 1980
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 12, 1980
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 15, 1980
September 1980
October 1980
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in North Carolina in 198019791981
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.