Editing Caswell Beach, North Carolina (section)

===Climate===
[[File:Caswell Beach NC-Average Temperature Range.jpg|thumb|left|Caswell Beach NC-Average Temperature Range]]Summers in Caswell Beach are hot and humid with an average temperature of 85˚, although the beach front is cooled much of the time by sea breezes (the prevailing winds are from the southwest). Winters are moderate with an average temperature in the 50s (°F), albeit with brief cold periods. Rain occurs throughout the year with average annual rainfall approximately 57", 45% of this falling between June and September.<ref name="Climate Data">{{cite web|url= https://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/southport/north-carolina/united-states/usnc0646 |title=Climate Data|website=ClimateData.com|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> 
Tropical storms are a continuing source of concern,<ref name="Hurricane Summary">{{cite web|url= https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/nws-nhc-6.pdf |title=Hurricane Summary|website=NOAA.com|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> e.g., in October 1954, [[Hurricane Hazel]] washed away almost all the houses on Oak Island. A threat in late summer/early fall, the 1996-1999 period was intense with four major hurricanes ([[Hurricane Bertha (1996)|Bertha]], [[Hurricane Fran|Fran]], [[Hurricane Bonnie (1998)|Bonnie]], and [[Hurricane Floyd|Floyd]]) making landfall and having significant effects on the area, while in the fall of 2005, [[Hurricane Ophelia (2005)|Hurricane Ophelia]] and [[Tropical Storm Tammy]] combined to cause flooding in low-lying areas.<ref name="Barnes">{{cite book|last =Barnes|first=Jay|title=North Carolina's Hurricane History: Fourth Edition|publisher=UNC Press Books|year=2013|ISBN=978-1-4696-0652-1}}</ref> More recently, in October 2016, the eye of [[Hurricane Matthew]] passed almost directly over the town, inflicting extensive damage to the dune system, and in September 2018, [[Hurricane Florence]] caused severe flooding and wind damage in addition to washing away most of the beach sand added earlier in the year.<ref name="Hurricane Florence">{{cite web|url= https://www.weather.gov/mhx/Florence2018 |title=Hurricane Florence|website=Weather.gov|access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>