Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Roper, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Plymouth 5 E, NC, 5 miles west of Roper at 20 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 54°F and 34°F. August is the wettest at 6.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 54.5 inches over 84 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 58% of the year's precipitation (31.5 of 54.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 109 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (42); a normal September there has highs of 83°F and 6.1 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 52 nights a year. Snowfall averages 1.4 inches a year, most of it in January. That 54.5 inches is more than at 104 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (74%). Edenton, 14 miles north, has its own station (Edenton, NC): 50.9 inches a year, 3.6 less than here, and the same July average high, 89°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 46 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Roper: 39 thunderstorm wind reports, 3 floods, 2 flash floods and 2 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $200,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 63 mph, on March 8, 2005.

Flood insurance policyholders in Roper's ZIP code 27970 have filed 68 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1993, and were paid $914,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Isabel in 2003: 30 claims (44% of all) and $448,000, then Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 22. 94% 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, 166 have fewer than Roper.