North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2021

904 events in 191 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind353012$515,000
Winter Weather15200$135,000
Hail12901$1.9 million
Flash Flood8403$8.0 million
Winter Storm4200$600,000
Flood2503$207,000
Tornado21911$209 million
Heavy Snow1500
Heavy Rain1500
Tropical Storm1200$155,000
Rip Current1140
Coastal Flood900$50,000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Ice Storm800
Lightning700
High Wind500
Drought400
Debris Flow200
Astronomical Low Tide100
Wildfire100$364,000

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.