Storms in North Carolina in 2021
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2021, 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 2021 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
The year
- Events
- 904
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- $221 million
- Episodes
- 191
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 | 353 | 0 | 12 | $515,000 |
| Winter Weather | 152 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Hail | 129 | 0 | 1 | $1.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 84 | 0 | 3 | $8.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 42 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Flood | 25 | 0 | 3 | $207,000 |
| Tornado | 21 | 9 | 11 | $209 million |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $155,000 |
| Rip Current | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Debris Flow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $364,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 7 to 8, 2021
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 7 to 8, 2021
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 8, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 8, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 16 to 17, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 17 to 18, 2021
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 20, 2021
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 27 to 28, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 27 to 28, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 28, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 28, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 28, 2021
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2021
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 31, 2021
February 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 1 to 2, 2021
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 1 to 2, 2021
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 1 to 2, 2021
- Cold in North Carolina, February 2 to 3, 2021
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 12 to 13, 2021
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 12 to 13, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 13 to 14, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, February 15 to 16, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 2021
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 18 to 19, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, February 22, 2021
March 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 18, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 18, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 18, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 18, 2021
- Flash Flood and Debris Flow in North Carolina, March 25, 2021
- Flooding in North Carolina, March 25 to 27, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 27, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 27, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 27, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, March 28, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 28, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 28, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 28, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, March 31, 2021
April 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 9, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, April 9, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 9, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Carolina, April 9, 2021
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 10, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 10, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 14, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 14, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, April 14, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, April 18, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, April 19, 2021
May 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 3, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 4, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 4, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 4, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 4, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, May 7, 2021
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 10, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 10, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, May 10, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 29, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 29, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 29, 2021
June 2021
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 2, 2021
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, June 2, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 3, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 3, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, June 6, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, June 8, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 8, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Carolina, June 11, 2021
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, June 11 to 12, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 13, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, June 14, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, June 15, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 15, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Astronomical Low Tide in North Carolina, June 15, 2021
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 20, 2021
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, June 20, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 21, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 21, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, June 28, 2021
July 2021
- Flood in North Carolina, July 1, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 1 to 2, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 4, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 6, 2021
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, July 8, 2021
- Tropical Storm in North Carolina, July 8 to 9, 2021
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 8, 2021
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, July 8, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 8, 2021
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 9, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 10, 2021
- Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 11, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 14, 2021
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 17, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 17, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 17, 2021
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 18, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 18, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 19, 2021
- Flash Flood and Flood in North Carolina, July 19, 2021
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 26, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 26, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 27, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, July 27, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 27, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 27, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 28, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 28, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 28, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 30, 2021
August 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1, 2021
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 4, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 4, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 4, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 7, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 7, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 7, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 10, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 12, 2021
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 12, 2021
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 14, 2021
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, August 14, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 14, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 15, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 15, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 15, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 16, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 16 to 18, 2021
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 17 to 18, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 18, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 19, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, August 20, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 20, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 20, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 21, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 21, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 25, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 26, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 26, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 26, 2021
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 28, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 31, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 31, 2021
September 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, September 4, 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, September 5, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, September 8, 2021
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 8, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 8, 2021
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 9, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flood in North Carolina, September 21 to 22, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in North Carolina, September 21 to 22, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 22, 2021
October 2021
- Rip Current in North Carolina, October 2, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in North Carolina, October 7, 2021
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in North Carolina, October 9, 2021
- Coastal Flood in North Carolina, October 10 to 11, 2021
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, October 25, 2021
November 2021
- Coastal Flood in North Carolina, November 5 to 8, 2021
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in North Carolina, November 6 to 8, 2021
- Coastal Flood in North Carolina, November 6 to 7, 2021
- Drought in North Carolina, November 30, 2021
December 2021
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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.