Storms in North Carolina in 2024

1,570 events in 242 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2024, 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 2024 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: 1,570
Deaths: 98
Injuries: 29
Damage: $2.1 billion
Episodes: 242

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	696	0	1	$986,000
Flash Flood	367	2	0	$2.9 million
Hail	104	1	0	$379,000
Winter Weather	77	0	0
Flood	71	0	0	$18,000
Tornado	49	92	28	$2.1 billion
High Wind	41	0	0	$81,000
Tropical Storm	35	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	34	0	0
Excessive Heat	26	0	0
Heavy Rain	22	0	0
Strong Wind	15	0	0	$21,000
Coastal Flood	6	0	0
Rip Current	6	3	0
Drought	6	0	0
Heavy Snow	5	0	0
Winter Storm	4	0	0	$10,000
Debris Flow	2	0	0
Lightning	2	0	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in North Carolina Every state in 2024 Tornadoes in North Carolina in 2024 Warnings in North Carolina in 2024 2023 2025

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.