Storms in North Carolina in 2016

1,656 events in 270 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2016, 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 2016 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: 1,656
Deaths: 47
Injuries: 23
Damage: $1.0 billion
Episodes: 270

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	626	1	1	$1.2 million
Hail	291	1	5	$2.5 million
Flash Flood	198	1	1	$3.7 million
Winter Weather	111	3	2	$110,000
Winter Storm	78	1	0	$20,000
Strong Wind	56	1	1	$310,000
Tropical Storm	54	0	0	$169,000
Flood	47	0	0	$14 million
High Wind	47	0	1	$1.0 million
Heavy Rain	25	0	0
Drought	20	0	0
Heavy Snow	18	0	0
Tornado	17	16	5	$870 million
Frost/Freeze	15	0	0	$16,000
Lightning	14	0	6	$11,000
Ice Storm	10	0	0
Rip Current	10	9	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	7	13	1	$110 million
Cold/Wind Chill	6	0	0
Wildfire	5	0	0	$2.3 million
Heat	1	1	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.