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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Fairfield Harbour, NC

Hurricanes

16

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

26

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 16 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fairfield Harbour. That's a hurricane about once every 5 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm698
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4647
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6958
2019Dorian SepCategory 210449
2016Matthew OctCategory 18153
2016Hermine SepTropical storm693
2014Arthur JulCategory 29832
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4631
2011Irene AugCategory 18627
2007Gabrielle SepTropical storm5835
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5248
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18653
2004Charley AugTropical storm6328
2003Isabel SepCategory 210428
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4619
2000Helene SepTropical storm4651
1999Dennis SepTropical storm691
1999Floyd SepCategory 29814
1998Bonnie AugCategory 21041
1996Bertha JulCategory 19234
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4641
1986Charley AugCategory 17533
1985Kate NovTropical storm4640
1984Diana SepTropical storm5818
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6926
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6922
1972Agnes JunTropical storm5224
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6929
1971Doria AugTropical storm6910
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm6328
1968Gladys OctCategory 18656
1967Doria SepTropical storm4639
1964Isbell OctTropical storm698
1962Unnamed JunTropical storm6349
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4612
1960Donna SepCategory 210410
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6335
1959Unnamed AugTropical storm4026
1958Helene SepCategory 413852
1955Ione SepCategory 210415
1955Connie AugCategory 29821
1953Barbara AugCategory 19249

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s41
1960s25
1970s04
1980s14
1990s32
2000s25
2010s42
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 Fairfield Harbour 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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