Storms in North Carolina in 2012

1,915 events in 342 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2012, 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 2012 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: 1,915
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 80
Damage: $47 million
Episodes: 342

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	867	3	2	$3.3 million
Hail	568	4	47	$5.2 million
Winter Weather	88	0	0
Flash Flood	76	0	2	$2.6 million
Heat	50	0	4
Lightning	47	1	0	$1.4 million
High Wind	45	0	0	$154,000
Heavy Rain	31	0	0	$5,000
Tropical Storm	30	0	0	$14 million
Flood	27	0	0	$26,000
Tornado	24	0	22	$20 million
Strong Wind	15	1	0	$105,000
Coastal Flood	9	0	0	$200,000
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Heavy Snow	7	0	0
Winter Storm	7	1	0	$373,000
Rip Current	5	3	3
Frost/Freeze	4	0	0
Wildfire	2	0	0	$5,000
Excessive Heat	2	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	2	0	0
High Surf	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2012

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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.