North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2022

1,586 events in 247 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2022, 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 2022 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
1,586
Deaths
10
Injuries
9
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
247

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 Wind83604$2.0 million
Hail16023$1.2 million
Winter Weather13300
Winter Storm8400$55,000
Flash Flood7401$1.8 million
Tropical Storm5340$22 million
Heavy Snow3900
Strong Wind3100$150,000
High Wind2800$326,000
Drought2600
Tornado2101$3.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000$25,000
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Flood1500$9,000
Heavy Rain1000
Lightning1010
Coastal Flood700
Rip Current730
Ice Storm600
Funnel Cloud500
Storm Surge/Tide300

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.