North Carolina

Storm History: Beaufort County, North Carolina

325 episodes, 507 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Beaufort County, North Carolina: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
507
Deaths
11
Injuries
101
Damage
$183 million
Episodes
325

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail197241$304,000
Tornado105246$79 million
Thunderstorm Wind7200$28,000
Winter Storm23513$45,000
Flash Flood2300$175,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)1921$99 million
Tropical Storm1400$5.0 million
Drought1300
Flood1200
Excessive Heat700
Heavy Snow400
Coastal Flood400$500
Ice Storm400
Winter Weather300
Lightning200$102,000
High Wind200$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Storm Surge/Tide100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Beaufort County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Beaufort CountyEvery warning in Beaufort County since 1986Every county in North Carolina

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.