Storms in North Carolina in 2005

1,152 events in 539 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2005, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

North Carolina in 2005 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

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The year

Events: 1,152
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 30
Damage: $77 million
Episodes: 539

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
Winter Weather	273	1	3
Thunderstorm Wind	268	1	1	$1.0 million
Hail	172	1	7	$2.3 million
Flash Flood	87	0	0	$1.4 million
High Wind	63	0	1	$719,000
Ice Storm	41	1	0	$1.2 million
Lightning	37	0	12	$1.4 million
Winter Storm	34	0	0
Flood	34	0	0	$310,000
Heavy Snow	30	0	0
Tornado	23	0	0	$3.4 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	20	0	5	$62 million
Heavy Rain	19	0	0	$2.8 million
Freezing Fog	18	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	10	0	0	$90,000
Debris Flow	7	0	0	$101,000
Strong Wind	6	0	1	$39,000
Rip Current	3	3	0
High Surf	2	0	0
Frost/Freeze	2	0	0
Heat	2	2	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.