wind gust; however, it was not conclusively linked to Ginger. As the storm crossed into Virginia, it continued to produce heavy rainfall, including a total of in Norfolk. Near the border between Virginia and North Carolina, the storm produced tides of up to above normal. Gusty winds of over downed a few trees, causing scattered power outages. Above-normal tides and waves caused moderate to heavy beach erosion in Virginia Beach. Further north, Ginger produced above-normal tides, light winds, and scattered rainfall along the Delmarva Peninsula and northward through New York. Record longevity Hurricane Ginger formed on September 6 and lasted until October 3, for a total of 27.25 days. Its duration surpassed that of Hurricane Inga in 1969, which was the previous record-holder, by three days. In 2003, it was discovered that the 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane lasted as a tropical cyclone longer than Ginger, although its duration as a tropical cyclone was not continuous. This made Ginger the second longest-lived of any Atlantic hurricane, but it remains the storm that lasted the most consecutive days as a tropical cyclone in the basin. Ginger spent 20 days as a hurricane from September 11 to September 30, one of the longest durations on record at that intensity. In addition, Ginger co-existed with several other tropical cyclones, including on September 11 when there were four named storms at the same time, a rare occurrence; the others were Hurricane Edith, Hurricane Fern, and Tropical Storm Heidi. See also List of wettest tropical cyclones in North Carolina List of North Carolina hurricanes Tropical Storm Ginger (1967) – an earlier storm of the same name 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane - the longest-lived Atlantic hurricane on record References External links Monthly Weather Review Ginger Ginger (1971) Ginger 1971 natural disasters in the United States