Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Currituck, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Elizabeth City, NC, 15 miles southwest of Currituck at 8 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 53°F and 34°F. July and August are the wettest at 5.9 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.3 inches; the year adds up to 51.3 inches over 79 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 56% of the year's precipitation (28.7 of 51.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 112 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (42); a normal September there has highs of 82°F and 5.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 40 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 58 nights a year. That 51.3 inches is more than at 82 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (59%). Grandy, 15 miles southeast, has its own station (Elizabeth City Cgas, NC): 46.6 inches a year, 4.7 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 89°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Duck, NC, 22 miles southeast, averaged 75°F in September and 45°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Duck tide gauge, 22 miles from Currituck, has risen 1.94 ± 0.11 inches per decade from 1978 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 19.4 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 118 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 82 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Currituck: 47 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 14 heavy rain events, 4 lightning strikes and 3 floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $140,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on June 13, 2022. September has had the most flash floods, 4 of 14. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 201 have had fewer than Currituck.

Flood insurance policyholders in Currituck's ZIP code 27929 have filed 112 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 15 claims (13% of all) and $113,000, then Hurricane Matthew in 2016 with 13. The year with the most claims was 2016, with 16. 64% 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, 184 have fewer than Currituck.