Tornado History Map

Perquimans County, North Carolina tornado history

16 tornadoes recorded in or across Perquimans County from 1955 to 2025, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Perquimans County

The Storm Prediction Center records 16 tornadoes whose paths touched Perquimans County, North Carolina between 1955 and 2025. They killed 2 people and injured 56. The busiest month is September, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 23 November 1992. The most recent was on 17 March 2025.

  • 16tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 56injuries
  • 647per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Perquimans County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0531%
F1 / EF1638%
F2 / EF2425%
F3 / EF316%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Perquimans County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 2010s.1950s21960s11980s11990s32000s22010s52020s2

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1980s1
1990s3
2000s2
2010s5
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar2Apr3May1Jun2Jul1Aug1Sep4Oct0Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr3
May1
Jun2
Jul1
Aug1
Sep4
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Perquimans County

  • Deadliest: North Carolina tornado25 April 2014, EF2, 1 death, 1 injury, 35.5 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: North Carolina tornado23 November 1992, F3, 44 injuries, 160 miles long
  • Most recent: North Carolina tornado17 March 2025, EF1, 8 injuries, 3.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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