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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Burgaw, NC

Hurricanes

14

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

9

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 14 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Burgaw. That's a hurricane about once every 5 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
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6947
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4657
2020Isaias AugCategory 19219
2018Florence SepCategory 29825
2016Matthew OctCategory 18153
2016Hermine SepTropical storm637
2014Arthur JulCategory 29852
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4659
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4625
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6930
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm696
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18651
2004Charley AugCategory 17511
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4019
2000Helene SepTropical storm4053
1999Floyd SepCategory 210420
1998Bonnie AugCategory 311516
1996Fran SepCategory 311523
1996Bertha JulCategory 210411
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4657
1985Kate NovTropical storm5227
1984Diana SepCategory 413225
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6938
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6327
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4625
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6323
1971Doria AugTropical storm6941
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5849
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4011
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5856
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4621
1960Donna SepCategory 210430
1960Brenda JulTropical storm694
1958Helene SepCategory 413849
1955Diane AugTropical storm6913
1954Hazel OctCategory 413233

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s14
1970s04
1980s13
1990s41
2000s24
2010s33
2020s12

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 Burgaw 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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