Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Winterville, NC

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Greenville, NC, 7 miles north of Winterville at 32 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 53°F and 33°F. September is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and February and November the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 53.5 inches over 82 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 57% of the year's precipitation (30.6 of 53.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 104 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (40); a normal September there has highs of 83°F and 7.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 53 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 54 nights a year. Snowfall averages 3.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 53.5 inches is more than at 100 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (71%). Grimesland, 11 miles east, has its own station (Washington Wwtp 4W, NC): 53.1 inches a year, 0.4 less than here, and a July average high of 89°F against 90°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 170 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Winterville: 107 thunderstorm wind reports, 43 flash floods, 10 floods, 9 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $342,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 83 mph, on June 22, 2016. September has had the most flash floods, 12 of 43. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 435 have had fewer than Winterville.

Flood insurance policyholders in Winterville's ZIP code 28590 have filed 142 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1996, and were paid $1.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Matthew in 2016: 43 claims (30% of all) and $652,000, then Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with 32 and Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 20. 82% 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, 193 have fewer than Winterville.