Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hubert, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New River Mcaf, NC, 10 miles west of Hubert at 26 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 35°F. August and September are the wettest at 7.5 inches of precipitation on average and April the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 56.7 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 60% of the year's precipitation (34.1 of 56.7 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 128 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (47); a normal September there has highs of 83°F and 7.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 44 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 43 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.6 inches a year, most of it in January. That 56.7 inches is more than at 111 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (79%). Swansboro, 6 miles east, has its own station (Newport/Morehead City WFO, NC): 60.7 inches a year, 4.0 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 89°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 93 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hubert: 71 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods, 6 floods, 2 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $72,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on March 5, 2008. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 13. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 186 have had fewer than Hubert.

Flood insurance policyholders in Hubert's ZIP code 28539 have filed 155 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $1.8 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Florence in 2018: 54 claims (35% of all) and $1.3 million, then Hurricane Bertha in 1996 with 20 and Hurricane Fran in 1996 with 20. 85% 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, 194 have fewer than Hubert.