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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Four Oaks, NC

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Four Oaks. That's a hurricane about once every 19 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 storm5226
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4613
2020Isaias AugCategory 17530
2018Michael OctTropical storm5848
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4615
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6313
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5239
2004Charley AugTropical storm6354
2000Helene SepTropical storm4016
1999Dennis SepTropical storm4626
1997Danny JulTropical storm4011
1996Fran SepCategory 18619
1996Bertha JulCategory 18153
1984Diana SepTropical storm5239
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4643
1971Ginger OctTropical storm529
1970Alma MayTropical storm4623
1964Isbell OctTropical storm4641
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6353
1959Cindy JulTropical storm408
1955Diane AugTropical storm638
1954Hazel OctCategory 312110

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s02
1970s03
1980s01
1990s22
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 Four Oaks 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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