Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Clyde, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Waynesville 1 E, NC, 8 miles south of Clyde at 2,658 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 60°F; January is the coolest, at 47°F and 24°F. December is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 50.3 inches over 90 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 4 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 120 nights a year. Snowfall averages 10.9 inches a year, most of it in March. That 50.3 inches is more than at 70 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (50%). Leicester, 12 miles east, has its own station (Candler 1 W, NC): 45.0 inches a year, 5.3 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 82°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 51 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Clyde: 46 thunderstorm wind reports and 5 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $69,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on February 21, 2005. August has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 28 have had fewer than Clyde.

Flood insurance policyholders in Clyde's ZIP code 28721 have filed 245 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $13.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004: 58 claims (24% of all) and $775,000, then Hurricane Helene in 2024 with 46 and Tropical Storm Fred in 2021 with 37. 58% 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, 207 have fewer than Clyde.