Storms in North Carolina in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1983, 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 1983 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
- 123
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $7.1 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 84 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 16 | 0 | 18 | $7.1 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 2, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 23, 1983
March 1983
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 5, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, March 8, 1983
- Hail in North Carolina, March 9, 1983
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 27, 1983
April 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 2, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 23, 1983
May 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 16, 1983
- Hail in North Carolina, May 23, 1983
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 30, 1983
June 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 5, 1983
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 7, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 25, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 29, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 19, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 21, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 22, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 24, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 6, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, August 9, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 21, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 24, 1983
September 1983
October 1983
More
Every year in North CarolinaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in North Carolina in 198319821984
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.