North Carolina

Storm History: Caswell County, North Carolina

326 episodes, 480 events since 1964

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Caswell 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
480
Deaths
1
Injuries
5
Damage
$22 million
Episodes
326

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
Thunderstorm Wind16100$606,000
Hail13800$1.1 million
Tornado3803$3.2 million
Flash Flood3600$1.5 million
Drought2600$13 million
Winter Storm2200
Flood1900$52,000
Heavy Snow1000$20,000
High Wind1000$1.5 million
Frost/Freeze500$153,000
Ice Storm300$18,000
Winter Weather312
Cold/Wind Chill200$65,000
Tropical Storm200$153,000
Blizzard100$15,000
Heavy Rain100
Strong Wind100$5,000
Dense Fog100$5,000
Wildfire100

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 Caswell County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Caswell CountyEvery warning in Caswell 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.