Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ahoskie, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Murfreesboro, NC, 12 miles northwest of Ahoskie at 100 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 50°F and 29°F. August is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 49.6 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 57% of the year's precipitation (28.2 of 49.6 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 95 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (38); a normal September there has highs of 81°F and 5.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 29 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 83 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 49.6 inches is more than at 66 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (47%). Aulander, 8 miles southwest, has its own station (Lewiston, NC): 49.7 inches a year, the same as here, and a July average high of 89°F against 88°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 79 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ahoskie: 57 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 heavy rain events, 8 flash floods and 3 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $487,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on June 13, 1998. September has had the most flash floods, 3 of 8. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 81 have had fewer than Ahoskie.

Flood insurance policyholders in Ahoskie's ZIP code 27910 have filed 105 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1981, and were paid $2.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Matthew in 2016: 15 claims (14% of all) and $1.1 million, then Hurricane Isabel in 2003 with 11. The year with the most claims was 2001, with 42. 36% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 263 North Carolina cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 183 have fewer than Ahoskie.