Beach erosion and light rainfall was reported along much of the coastline, although the precipitation was beneficial in ending droughts in South Carolina and New England.

The passage of Ginny resulted in a snow storm across eastern New England, particularly in northern Maine, where it killed two people.

In Atlantic Canada, the extratropical storm produced high wind and waves, causing damage to boats and resulting in power outages.

[3] For several days, Ginny maintained a hybrid-type structure, and although it attained winds of 75 mph (121 km/h) on October 20, it was not a true hurricane.

[1] It closely approached the North Carolina coastline, passing 135 mi (220 km) southeast of Cape Lookout before turning abruptly to the northeast.

[4] By early on October 22, Hurricane Hunters indicated that Ginny completed the transition into a fully tropical cyclone, observing an eye 20 mi (32 km) in diameter.

[1] On October 23, Ginny briefly weakened to tropical storm status as it was moving toward Florida, although within 10 hours it regained hurricane intensity.

[1] On October 24, it turned sharply northeastward off the northeast Florida coast,[3] coming within 50 mi (80 km) of Daytona Beach.

[1] The hurricane continued paralleling the coast of the Southeastern United States, turning northeast away from Georgia and South Carolina.

On October 26, Ginny turned to the east away from the United States,[3] having been located within 250 mi (400 km) of the country's coast for eight consecutive days.

[1] Along the South Carolina coast, Ginny dropped beneficial rainfall,[9] which alleviated the state's worst drought conditions on record.

In Nantucket, high waves caused additional erosion in an area affected by Hurricane Esther two years prior.

[21] During its passage, Ginny brought an influx of cold air over New England that produced the first snowfall of the season across Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire.

In most locations, the snow quickly melted, although higher totals occurred in northern Maine, the highest being 4 ft (1.2 m) on Mount Katahdin.

[1] As the remnants of Ginny moved across Atlantic Canada, they produced heavy rainfall, peaking at 4.53 in (113 mm) in southern New Brunswick.