Tree removal in Raleigh, NC

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 22 storm reports near Raleigh that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated July 10, 2025; July 9, 2025; and February 16, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 58 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 196,920 households live in Raleigh. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1996.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 4 miles from Raleigh, averages 57 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F, and 6 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