Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Marshall, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Marshall, NC, 4 miles south of Marshall at 1,920 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 47°F and 24°F. July is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and October the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 41.7 inches over 86 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 50% of the year's precipitation (20.9 of 41.7 inches). September has brought the most of the 10 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (5); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 3.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 13 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 122 nights a year. Snowfall averages 25.6 inches a year, most of it in December. That 41.7 inches is more than at 3 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (2%). Hot Springs, 10 miles west, has its own station (Hot Springs, NC): 46.7 inches a year, 5.0 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 85°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 105 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Marshall: 91 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 5 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $37.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on July 24, 1999. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 166 have had fewer than Marshall.

Flood insurance policyholders in Marshall's ZIP code 28753 have filed 75 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $6.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Helene in 2024: 24 claims (32% of all) and $5.7 million, then Tropical Storm Ivan in 2004 with 17. The year with the most claims was 2004, with 25. 55% 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, 171 have fewer than Marshall.