Storms in North Carolina in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 1989, 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 1989 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
- 430
- Deaths
- 9
- Injuries
- 137
- Damage
- $167 million
- Episodes
- 55
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 | 305 | 2 | 0 | |
| Hail | 99 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 7 | 135 | $167 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1989
March 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 6, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 13, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 15, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 18, 1989
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 20, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, March 30, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 31, 1989
April 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 26, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 27, 1989
- Hail in North Carolina, April 28, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 29, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 30, 1989
May 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 6, 1989
- Hail in North Carolina, May 13, 1989
- Hail in North Carolina, May 15, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 20, 1989
- Hail in North Carolina, May 21, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 22, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 23, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 26, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 1989
June 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 3, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 4, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 5, 1989
- Hail in North Carolina, June 7, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 12, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 15, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, June 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 21, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 23, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 26, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, June 28, 1989
July 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 8, 1989
- Hail in North Carolina, July 9, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 12, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 13, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 21, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 25, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 26, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 27, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 30, 1989
August 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 5, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 17, 1989
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 23, 1989
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 24, 1989
September 1989
November 1989
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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.