Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Willard, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Willard 4 SW, NC, 1 mile southeast of Willard at 55 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 69°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 32°F. August is the wettest at 7.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.2 inches; the year adds up to 55.8 inches over 78 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 60% of the year's precipitation (33.4 of 55.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 110 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (41); a normal September there has highs of 82°F and 6.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 60 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 49 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.8 inches a year, most of it in February. That 55.8 inches is more than at 109 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (78%). Wallace, 7 miles northeast, has its own station (Wallace 1SE, NC): 57.2 inches a year, 1.4 more than here, and a July average high of 91°F against 89°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 82 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Willard: 65 thunderstorm wind reports, 12 flash floods, 4 floods and 1 heavy rain event. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $298,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on June 10, 1999. July has had the most flash floods, 4 of 12. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 166 have had fewer than Willard.

Flood insurance policyholders in Willard's ZIP code 28478 have filed 25 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1999, and were paid $1.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2018, with 10. 92% 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, 84 have fewer than Willard.