Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lillington, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dunn 4 NW, NC, 10 miles southeast of Lillington at 200 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 55°F and 32°F. July is the wettest at 5.9 inches of precipitation on average and February and October the driest at 3.2 inches; the year adds up to 50.2 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 57% of the year's precipitation (28.7 of 50.2 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 69 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (28); a normal September there has highs of 85°F and 5.5 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 49 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 67 nights a year. Snowfall averages 2.1 inches a year, most of it in January. That 50.2 inches is more than at 69 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (49%). Broadway, 11 miles west, has its own station (Sanford 8 NE, NC): 46.7 inches a year, 3.5 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 129 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lillington: 109 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 flash floods, 4 heavy rain events and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $441,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on May 2, 2004. August has had the most flash floods, 7 of 14. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 201 have had fewer than Lillington.

Flood insurance policyholders in Lillington's ZIP code 27546 have filed 16 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $106,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 81% 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, 41 have fewer than Lillington.