Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Broxton, GA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Pridgen, GA, 2 miles northwest of Broxton at 300 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 60°F and 37°F. August is the wettest at 5.8 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 47.5 inches over 71 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (24.2 of 47.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 72 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 86°F and 3.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 70 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 34 nights a year. That 47.5 inches is more than at 18 of the 108 Georgia stations used on this site (17%). Nicholls, 20 miles southeast, has its own station (Alma Bacon Co Airport, GA): 44.8 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and a July average high of 93°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 109 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Broxton: 88 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 floods, 7 heavy rain events, 6 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $176,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on July 31, 1996. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 6. Of the 392 Georgia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 109 have had fewer than Broxton.

Flood insurance policyholders in Broxton's ZIP code 31519 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1995, and were paid $373,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 13% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 154 Georgia cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 31 have fewer than Broxton.