Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wallace, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wallace 1SE, NC, in Wallace at 35 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 55°F and 31°F. September is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 3.6 inches; the year adds up to 57.2 inches over 84 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 57% of the year's precipitation (32.7 of 57.2 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 84°F and 7.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 62 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 71 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 57.2 inches is more than at 114 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (81%). Willard, 7 miles southwest, has its own station (Willard 4 SW, NC): 55.8 inches a year, 1.4 less than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 91°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 63 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wallace: 54 thunderstorm wind reports, 7 flash floods and 2 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $259,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on July 24, 1999. September has had the most flash floods, 3 of 7. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 59 have had fewer than Wallace.

Flood insurance policyholders in Wallace's ZIP code 28466 have filed 360 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1980, and were paid $43.5 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Florence in 2018: 238 claims (66% of all) and $40.9 million, then Hurricane Matthew in 2016 with 40 and Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with 27. 95% 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, 214 have fewer than Wallace.