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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Elroy, NC

Hurricanes

6

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Elroy. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6341
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5252
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4614
2020Isaias AugCategory 1759
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6350
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6316
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5811
2004Charley AugTropical storm6931
2000Helene SepTropical storm406
1999Dennis SepTropical storm5817
1999Floyd SepCategory 19245
1998Bonnie AugCategory 29855
1997Danny JulTropical storm4031
1996Fran SepCategory 29844
1996Bertha JulCategory 19224
1984Diana SepTropical storm5220
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4621
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6317
1971Doria AugTropical storm6956
1970Alma MayTropical storm4044
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5817
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4646
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6327
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4031
1955Diane AugTropical storm6930
1954Hazel OctCategory 311527

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s03
1970s04
1980s01
1990s42
2000s04
2010s01
2020s13

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 Elroy 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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