North Carolina

Storm History: Perquimans County, North Carolina

191 episodes, 223 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Perquimans 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
223
Deaths
2
Injuries
9
Damage
$21 million
Episodes
191

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
Hail4300$70,000
Thunderstorm Wind3610$105,000
Winter Storm2400
Tornado2019$2.7 million
Heavy Rain1900
Flash Flood1900
Winter Weather1400
Tropical Storm1000$2.0 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)700$15 million
High Wind600$96,000
Flood500$200,000
Frost/Freeze300
Excessive Heat300
Coastal Flood300
Heavy Snow300$1,000
Heat200
Lightning200$55,000
Strong Wind200$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Blizzard100

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 Perquimans County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Perquimans CountyEvery warning in Perquimans 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.