Hurricanes near Garner, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Garner. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Fran in 1996. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	7
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	33
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	45
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	28
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	25
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	29
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	46	54
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	36
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	40	18
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	40	16
1996	Fran Sep	Category 1	81	10
1984	Diana Sep	Tropical storm	46	59
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	40	18
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	46	5
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	14
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	63	8
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 3	115	15

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	0	0
1970s	0	2
1980s	0	1
1990s	1	2
2000s	0	3
2010s	0	2
2020s	0	3

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 Garner 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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