Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Grantsboro, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Bayboro 3 SW, NC, 4 miles northeast of Grantsboro at 5 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 88°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 55°F and 34°F. August is the wettest at 7.9 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.5 inches; the year adds up to 58.8 inches over 85 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 60% of the year's precipitation (35.3 of 58.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 124 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (45); a normal September there has highs of 82°F and 7.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 39 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 43 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 58.8 inches is more than at 119 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (85%). New Bern, 12 miles west, has its own station (New Bern Craven Co Airport, NC): 53.1 inches a year, 5.7 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 88°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 80 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Grantsboro: 68 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods, 2 heavy rain events, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $89,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on April 5, 2026. August has had the most flash floods, 5 of 8. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 81 have had fewer than Grantsboro.

Flood insurance policyholders in Grantsboro's ZIP code 28529 have filed 85 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $2.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Florence in 2018: 35 claims (41% of all) and $1.7 million, then Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 19 and Hurricane Isabel in 2003 with 13. 96% 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, 174 have fewer than Grantsboro.