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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Cary, NC

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cary. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Fran in 1996. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm527
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4643
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6957
2018Michael OctTropical storm5819
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4638
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5841
2000Helene SepTropical storm4047
1999Dennis SepTropical storm4019
1997Danny JulTropical storm4026
1996Fran SepCategory 1816
1970Alma MayTropical storm469
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4025
1955Diane AugTropical storm6315
1954Hazel OctCategory 210428

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s01
1980s00
1990s12
2000s02
2010s02
2020s03

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 Cary 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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