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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Fayetteville, NC

Hurricanes

3

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fayetteville. 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 storm5221
2021Claudette JunTropical storm469
2020Isaias AugCategory 18149
2018Michael OctTropical storm5258
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4613
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6338
2000Helene SepTropical storm4013
1996Fran SepCategory 29817
1984Diana SepTropical storm6343
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4639
1971Ginger OctTropical storm4644
1970Alma MayTropical storm4619
1955Diane AugTropical storm6932
1954Hazel OctCategory 312131
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4655

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s03
1980s01
1990s10
2000s02
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 Fayetteville 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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