North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2020

1,691 events in 241 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2020, 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 2020 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
1,691
Deaths
27
Injuries
25
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
241

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 Wind58023$2.0 million
Flash Flood300122$15 million
Heavy Rain17400
Winter Weather13100
Flood9310$199,000
Hail8300$162,000
Tropical Storm7600$45 million
Strong Wind6611$63,000
Tornado50417$15 million
Winter Storm3300$30,000
High Wind3002$1.7 million
Heavy Snow1700
Cold/Wind Chill1600
Excessive Heat1300
Coastal Flood1000
Debris Flow600$500
Rip Current650
Lightning520$27,000
Funnel Cloud100
Storm Surge/Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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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.