Hurricanes near Buies Creek, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Buies Creek. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	16
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	17
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	75	46
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	44
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	16
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	63	31
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	52	56
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	24
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	40	38
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	40	2
1996	Fran Sep	Category 1	86	3
1984	Diana Sep	Tropical storm	52	50
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	50
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	46	27
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	46	12
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	3
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	63	17
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 3	121	21

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	0	0
1970s	0	3
1980s	0	1
1990s	1	2
2000s	0	3
2010s	0	2
2020s	1	2

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 Buies Creek 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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