North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2015

1,384 events in 254 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,384
Deaths
6
Injuries
27
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
254

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 Wind468120$1.6 million
Winter Weather17710$70,000
Winter Storm16900$9.5 million
Hail15703$11 million
Flood10801$1.2 million
Flash Flood8811$1.4 million
Cold/Wind Chill4400
Strong Wind3001$272,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2500
Lightning1911$65,000
High Wind1800$28,000
Ice Storm1810
Heavy Rain1400
Coastal Flood1400
Tornado900$319,000
Heat900
Tropical Storm800
Heavy Snow300
Debris Flow200
Wildfire100$200,000
Rip Current110
Funnel Cloud100
Dense Fog100$5,000

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.