North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2026

906 events in 114 episodes, still being filed

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind34704$1.4 million
Drought20500
Winter Storm16200
Heavy Snow4700
Cold/Wind Chill3400
Hail2200$98,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000
High Wind1800$10,000
Winter Weather1600
Tornado900$105,000
Flash Flood700$163,000
Ice Storm600
Rip Current601
Lightning300
Coastal Flood200
Strong Wind100
Flood100

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.