Tree removal in Cary, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 4 storm reports near Cary that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated June 26, 2023; June 17, 2022; and July 24, 2020. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 67,960 households live in Cary. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about two thirds of the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1999.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Cary, averages 67 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 9 at or below 20°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 5 electric utilities with service territory in Wake County, among them Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress; the county page names the other 3.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024