North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2013

1,237 events in 256 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2013, 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 2013 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
1,237
Deaths
12
Injuries
20
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
256

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind46414$8.6 million
Winter Weather24200
Flash Flood15000$27 million
Hail12131$2.0 million
Flood6600$12,000
Strong Wind3201$45,000
High Wind2100$18,000
Winter Storm2000$500,000
Tropical Storm2000
Heavy Snow1900
Heavy Rain1700$2,000
Debris Flow1210$3.0 million
Ice Storm1200$1,000
Tornado1005$7.4 million
Lightning1003$97,000
Sleet600
Rip Current676
Blizzard300
Funnel Cloud300
Coastal Flood100$1,000
High Surf100
Storm Surge/Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2013

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November 2013

December 2013

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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.