Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maple Hill, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New River Mcaf, NC, 15 miles east of Maple Hill 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 115 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (44); 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%). Richlands, 15 miles north, has its own station (Richlands, NC): 55.4 inches a year, 1.3 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 89°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 28 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maple Hill: 21 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods and 2 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $76,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on April 13, 2020. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 28 have had fewer than Maple Hill.

Flood insurance policyholders in Maple Hill's ZIP code 28454 have filed 51 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $1.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Florence in 2018: 12 claims (24% of all) and $742,000, then Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with 11. The year with the most claims was 1999, with 14. 76% 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, 138 have fewer than Maple Hill.