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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Calabash, NC

Hurricanes

17

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

23

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 17 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Calabash. That's a hurricane about once every 4 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. 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 storm5830
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6325
2022Ian SepCategory 18140
2022Colin JulTropical storm4021
2020Isaias AugCategory 1923
2019Dorian SepCategory 210951
2018Florence SepCategory 1925
2016Matthew OctCategory 18619
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6310
2015Ana MayTropical storm5214
2014Arthur JulCategory 29853
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4658
2012Beryl MayTropical storm465
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6910
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm6925
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18657
2004Charley AugCategory 1813
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4652
2002Kyle OctTropical storm408
1999Floyd SepCategory 210433
1998Bonnie AugCategory 311548
1996Fran SepCategory 311530
1996Bertha JulCategory 210432
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4652
1985Kate NovTropical storm528
1984Diana SepCategory 413217
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6934
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6319
1972Unnamed JulTropical storm4014
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4043
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5251
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4013
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4643
1960Donna SepCategory 210442
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6914
1958Helene SepCategory 413840
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5840
1955Diane AugCategory 17538
1954Hazel OctCategory 41323
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5216

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s32
1960s13
1970s03
1980s13
1990s41
2000s24
2010s44
2020s23

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 Calabash 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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