Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Maurertown, VA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Woodstock 2 NE, VA, 3 miles south of Maurertown at 675 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 21°F. May and September are the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.3 inches; the year adds up to 39.4 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (21.0 of 39.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 19 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (7); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 23 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 123 nights a year. Snowfall averages 23.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 39.4 inches is more than at 2 of the 109 Virginia stations used on this site (2%). Strasburg, 7 miles northeast, has its own station (Star Tannery, VA): 40.0 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 85°F against 86°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 251 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Maurertown: 153 thunderstorm wind reports, 81 floods, 16 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $3.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on August 7, 2019. July has had the most flash floods, 6 of 16. Of the 364 Virginia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 143 have had fewer than Maurertown.

Flood insurance policyholders in Maurertown's ZIP code 22644 have filed 31 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1985, and were paid $893,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 18 claims (58% of all) and $401,000, then Hurricane Fran in 1996 with 12. 97% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 183 Virginia cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 72 have fewer than Maurertown.