Storms in North Carolina in 2026
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina in 2026, 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 2026 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
- 906
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- Damage
- $1.7 million
- Episodes
- 114
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 | 347 | 0 | 4 | $1.4 million |
| Drought | 205 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 162 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 47 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 22 | 0 | 0 | $98,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Winter Weather | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 9 | 0 | 0 | $105,000 |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $163,000 |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, January 6 to 31, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, January 13 to 31, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 26, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2026
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 26, 2026
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 24 to 25, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 25 to 26, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 25, 2026
- Cold in North Carolina, January 26 to 27, 2026
- Extreme Cold in North Carolina, January 26 to 27, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 30 to 31, 2026
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 2026
- Winter Storm and High Wind in North Carolina, January 31, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 31, 2026
February 2026
- Cold in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in North Carolina, February 1 to 2, 2026
- Extreme Cold in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, February 1 to 28, 2026
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- Extreme Cold in North Carolina, February 1, 2026
- High Wind and Strong Wind in North Carolina, February 7, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, February 17 to 28, 2026
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 22 to 24, 2026
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 22 to 24, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, February 24 to 28, 2026
March 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 2, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2026
- Hail in North Carolina, March 6, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 12, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 12, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 12, 2026
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 12, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 16 to 17, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 16, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, March 31, 2026
April 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, April 1 to 30, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, April 1 to 30, 2026
- Hail in North Carolina, April 1, 2026
- Hail in North Carolina, April 1, 2026
- Rip Current in North Carolina, April 3 to 4, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 5, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 5, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, April 21 to 30, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 29, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 29, 2026
May 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, May 1 to 31, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, May 1 to 31, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, May 1 to 31, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, May 1 to 26, 2026
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 9 to 11, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 11, 2026
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 16 to 17, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 21, 2026
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 21, 2026
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 21, 2026
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 23 to 25, 2026
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 25, 2026
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 25 to 26, 2026
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 25, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 27, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 27, 2026
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 27, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 27, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 28, 2026
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 29, 2026
- Flash Flood and Flood in North Carolina, May 30, 2026
June 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, June 1 to 30, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, June 1 to 30, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, June 1 to 29, 2026
- Drought in North Carolina, June 1 to 30, 2026
- Rip Current in North Carolina, June 6, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 8, 2026
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 8, 2026
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 10, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 11, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 12, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 12, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 12, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 18, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 18, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 18, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 19, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 22, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 22, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 23, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 23, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 23, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 26, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2026
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 27, 2026
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, June 28, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 28, 2026
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 2026
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 30, 2026
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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.