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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Elizabethtown, NC

Hurricanes

9

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Elizabethtown. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2025Chantal JulTropical storm4028
2022Ian OctTropical storm6342
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5258
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4638
2020Isaias AugCategory 19221
2018Florence SepCategory 19245
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6335
2015Ana MayTropical storm464
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4625
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4649
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6914
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm6936
2004Charley AugCategory 17529
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4045
1999Floyd SepCategory 29858
1998Bonnie AugCategory 210954
1996Fran SepCategory 210913
1996Bertha JulCategory 210450
1985Kate NovTropical storm5247
1984Diana SepCategory 1926
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6357
1972Unnamed JulTropical storm406
1972Agnes JunTropical storm467
1971Ginger OctTropical storm5243
1970Alma MayTropical storm4654
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4028
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4659
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6939
1955Diane AugTropical storm6923
1954Hazel OctCategory 41326
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5248

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s03
1970s04
1980s12
1990s40
2000s13
2010s14
2020s14

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 Elizabethtown 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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