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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Dunn, NC

Hurricanes

3

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Dunn. 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5225
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4610
2020Isaias AugCategory 17536
2018Michael OctTropical storm5853
2013Andrea JunTropical storm468
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6324
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5247
2004Charley AugTropical storm6357
2000Helene SepTropical storm4017
1999Dennis SepTropical storm4039
1997Danny JulTropical storm4011
1996Fran SepCategory 2989
1984Diana SepTropical storm5840
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4641
1971Ginger OctTropical storm5221
1970Alma MayTropical storm4621
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6358
1959Cindy JulTropical storm409
1955Diane AugTropical storm699
1954Hazel OctCategory 312112

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s01
1970s03
1980s01
1990s12
2000s04
2010s02
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 Dunn 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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