North Carolina Storm Data: Hail, Wind & Severe Weather
Deduplicated severe weather activity for North Carolina, fused from NWS warnings, storm reports, official records, and FEMA declarations.
North Carolina severe weather at a glance (last 12 months)
StormAuditor's consolidated public record currently shows 7,812 storm events impacting 100 of North Carolina's 100 counties in the trailing 12 months: 4,574 wind events, 2,763 hail events, 100 tornado events, 389 flood events. Events are fused from National Weather Service warnings and Special Weather Statements, observed Local Storm Reports, official NCEI storm records, and FEMA disaster declarations, then consolidated into a single event table under the published methodology. Because a single storm can carry more than one hazard tag (a squall line can produce both wind and flood records), the per-type counts can legitimately add up to more than the consolidated total. Sub-severe statements (radar-indicated gusts of 40+ mph or hail of 0.5"+) are included at a distinct moderate tier and never counted as severe.
Biggest North Carolina storm days
- March 16, 2026 — 571 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- July 28, 2026 — 428 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- September 5, 2026 — 355 recorded events (flood, hail, wind)
- August 21, 2026 — 324 recorded events (flood, hail, tornado, wind)
- August 11, 2026 — 318 recorded events (flood, hail, wind)
Most impacted counties
- Johnston — 191 events (98 severe)
- Wake — 183 events (83 severe)
- Sampson — 128 events (60 severe)
- Chatham — 124 events (54 severe)
- Harnett — 120 events (58 severe)
- Beaufort — 119 events (60 severe)
- Moore — 117 events (59 severe)
- Nash — 116 events (62 severe)
Additional activity recorded in NWS forecast zones: Mainland Dare (5) · Ocracoke Island (3) · Hatteras Island (3) · Outer Banks (3).
Download the North Carolina dataset (free)
The full consolidated North Carolina event list for the trailing 12 months — dates, counties, hazard types, severities, measured gusts and hail sizes, with coordinates; source records deduplicated, and each NWS warning product listed per affected county — downloads free and stays current with the live record: download CSV · download JSON. Reusable with attribution under the data license; the JSON file carries a field dictionary and provenance notes.
Research a specific North Carolina address
Statewide counts tell you where activity concentrated; they do not tell you what happened at one property. For an individual address, run the Free Report Snapshot (an instant YES/NO against StormAuditor's screening thresholds — wind ≥ 45 mph, hail ≥ 0.75 in., deliberately below the official NWS severe criteria), use the Address Lookup, or purchase a full Weather Report for $2.99 covering every qualifying storm date at the address. Browse day-by-day activity on the Storm Calendar or compare states on the Storm Data hub.
All values are derived from public NOAA and NWS data under StormAuditor's published methodology. They are research estimates, not certified weather records — see Limitations. Data last refreshed September 6, 2026.
See where recent storms tracked on the statewide North Carolina hail map and wind map, or check the county impact heatmap.
North Carolina city storm pages: Charlotte hail & wind history · Raleigh hail & wind history · Greensboro hail & wind history · Durham hail & wind history · Winston-Salem hail & wind history · Fayetteville hail & wind history · Cary hail & wind history · Wilmington hail & wind history · Concord hail & wind history · Asheville hail & wind history · Gastonia hail & wind history · Apex hail & wind history · Hickory hail & wind history
Neighboring states: Georgia storm data · South Carolina storm data · Tennessee storm data · Virginia storm data
About this page: built by Storm Auditor LLC from public NOAA/NWS records — deduplicated warnings, storm reports, station measurements, and official records on a rolling 12-month window, under the published methodology. See the StormAuditor Editorial Team for how content is produced.