Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Sneads Ferry, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is New River Mcaf, NC, 13 miles north of Sneads Ferry 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 126 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (46); 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%). Hampstead, 15 miles southwest, has its own station (Wilmington 7 N, NC): 63.5 inches a year, 6.8 more than here, and the same July average high, 89°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 37 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Sneads Ferry: 27 thunderstorm wind reports, 6 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $107,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on January 9, 2024. September has had the most flash floods, 5 of 6. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 38 have had fewer than Sneads Ferry.

Flood insurance policyholders in Sneads Ferry's ZIP code 28460 have filed 2,255 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $28.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Fran in 1996: 601 claims (27% of all) and $9.2 million, then Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with 441 and Hurricane Florence in 2018 with 349. 88% 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, 249 have fewer than Sneads Ferry.