North Carolina

Storm History: Davie County, North Carolina

380 episodes, 425 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Davie 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
425
Deaths
0
Injuries
2
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
380

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
Hail13500$105,000
Winter Weather6700
Thunderstorm Wind5700$114,000
Drought3500
Tornado2801$358,000
Heavy Snow1900
Flash Flood1700$93,000
Winter Storm1300
Ice Storm1200$9.0 million
Flood900$1.1 million
Cold/Wind Chill700
High Wind600$531,000
Sleet400
Strong Wind300$4,000
Lightning201$60,000
Dense Fog200
Frost/Freeze200
Excessive Heat200
Tropical Storm200$1,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Rain100
Freezing Fog100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Davie County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Davie CountyEvery warning in Davie 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.