Storms in North Carolina in 2018

1,846 events in 303 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,846
Deaths: 50
Injuries: 18
Damage: $2.5 billion
Episodes: 303

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	630	1	2	$1.4 million
Flash Flood	253	4	3	$11 million
Winter Weather	191	0	0
Winter Storm	134	7	0	$185,000
Flood	106	0	0	$34,000
Tropical Storm	90	0	1	$9.6 million
Hail	89	0	1	$384,000
Heavy Snow	53	0	0	$100,000
Strong Wind	51	2	1	$471,000
Heavy Rain	51	2	0
High Wind	45	0	0	$1.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill	42	0	0
Tornado	38	10	9	$725 million
Rip Current	18	6	0
Lightning	15	0	0	$100,000
Ice Storm	15	0	0	$25,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)	9	12	1	$1.7 billion
Blizzard	4	0	0
High Surf	4	4	0
Coastal Flood	3	0	0	$4.3 million
Debris Flow	3	2	0	$550,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	0	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.