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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Boiling Spring Lakes, NC

Hurricanes

18

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

27

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

12

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 27 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Boiling Spring Lakes. That's a hurricane about once every 4 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Helene in 1958, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2025Chantal JulTropical storm4659
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6956
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6331
2020Isaias AugCategory 19221
2019Dorian SepCategory 210441
2018Florence SepCategory 2982
2016Matthew OctCategory 18123
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6316
2015Ana MayTropical storm5239
2014Arthur JulCategory 29838
2012Beryl MayTropical storm466
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6930
2008Cristobal JulTropical storm5245
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm693
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18634
2004Charley AugCategory 17520
2002Kyle OctTropical storm405
1999Irene OctCategory 19259
1999Floyd SepCategory 210417
1998Bonnie AugCategory 311522
1996Fran SepCategory 31156
1996Bertha JulCategory 210410
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4639
1985Kate NovTropical storm527
1984Diana SepCategory 41328
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6919
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6310
1975Hallie OctTropical storm5250
1975Amy JunTropical storm4643
1972Unnamed JulTropical storm4041
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4649
1971Ginger OctTropical storm5259
1971Doria AugTropical storm6947
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5835
1968Gladys OctCategory 18649
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4011
1966Alma JunTropical storm6957
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4619
1960Donna SepCategory 210423
1960Brenda JulTropical storm695
1958Helene SepCategory 413827
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5820
1955Diane AugCategory 17510
1954Hazel OctCategory 413231
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5242

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s32
1960s24
1970s07
1980s13
1990s51
2000s24
2010s43
2020s13

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Boiling Spring Lakes at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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