Hurricanes near Cape Carteret, NC

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 22 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cape Carteret. That's a hurricane about once every 3 years. The most recent hurricane was Dorian in 2019. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Ophelia Sep	Tropical storm	69	2
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	36
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	35
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	36
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	63	16
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	20
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	14
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	86	26
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	45
2007	Gabrielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	38
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	58	49
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	34
2004	Alex Aug	Category 2	98	51
2004	Charley Aug	Tropical storm	63	41
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 2	104	47
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	46	10
1999	Irene Oct	Category 2	104	60
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	69	26
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	98	20
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 2	109	11
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	104	35
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	27
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	31
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	23
1984	Diana Sep	Category 3	121	40
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	11
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	63	3
1975	Hallie Oct	Tropical storm	52	52
1975	Amy Jun	Tropical storm	52	48
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	43
1971	Ginger Oct	Category 1	75	4
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	10
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	58	17
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	38
1967	Doria Sep	Tropical storm	40	43
1964	Isbell Oct	Category 1	75	15
1962	Alma Aug	Tropical storm	69	59
1962	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	63	58
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	20
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	5
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	40
1959	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	38
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	32
1955	Ione Sep	Category 2	109	20
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	20
1954	Unnamed May	Tropical storm	46	57
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	49

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	4	2
1960s	3	5
1970s	1	5
1980s	2	3
1990s	4	2
2000s	3	5
2010s	5	2
2020s	0	1

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 Cape Carteret 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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Morehead City, NC 24 hurricanes
Jacksonville, NC 18 hurricanes