1944 - A very destructive hurricane swept across Cape Hatteras and Chesapeake Bay, side swiped New Jersey and Long Island, and crossed southeastern Massachusetts. The hurricane killed more than four hundred persons, mainly at sea. The hurricane destroyed the Atlantic City NJ boardwalk.
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Day: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Northeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 10am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 65. Northeast wind 10 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Day: A chance of rain showers before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Roanoke Marshes Light, Croatan Sound
(7.4 miles away)
Sat's High Temperature
106 at Death Valley, CA
Sun's Low Temperature
18 at 27 Miles South Of Bonanza, UT
Stumpy Point is an unincorporated community in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located at the intersection of US 264 and Bayview Drive; along the north side of Stumpy Point Bay. It is surrounded by the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge.
A post office called Stumpy Point that had been in operation since 1876 closed in 2018 due to lack of PO box holders The community takes its name from Stumpy Point Bay.
The North Carolina Ferry System maintains an emergency ferry terminal at Stumpy Point, used when a hurricane or tropical storm closes North Carolina Highway 12 on the Outer Banks.
The town is mentioned in the sci-fi novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, in which the little town is razed sometime in the future to build a spaceport in Pamlico Sound, and the spaceport is unofficially named after Stumpy Point.
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