North Carolina

Storm History: Randolph County, North Carolina

436 episodes, 728 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Randolph 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
728
Deaths
2
Injuries
28
Damage
$43 million
Episodes
436

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 Wind22805$792,000
Hail17300$197,000
Flash Flood13400$174,000
Tornado9316$36 million
Winter Storm4300$750,000
Winter Weather19110$15,000
High Wind701$136,000
Ice Storm500$3.1 million
Strong Wind500$13,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400
Flood400
Heavy Snow300
Tropical Storm300$2.3 million
Heavy Rain200
Lightning206
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heat100
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 Randolph County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Randolph CountyEvery warning in Randolph 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.