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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Goldsboro, NC

Hurricanes

6

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Goldsboro. 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 storm6342
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5247
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4613
2020Isaias AugCategory 1757
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6354
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4618
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6313
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5213
2004Charley AugTropical storm6335
2000Helene SepTropical storm402
1999Dennis SepTropical storm5216
1999Floyd SepCategory 19249
1998Bonnie AugCategory 19259
1997Danny JulTropical storm4027
1996Fran SepCategory 18643
1996Bertha JulCategory 19227
1984Diana SepTropical storm5224
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4625
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6315
1971Doria AugTropical storm6960
1970Alma MayTropical storm4040
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5817
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4650
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6330
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4027
1955Diane AugTropical storm6927
1954Hazel OctCategory 311525

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s03
1970s04
1980s01
1990s42
2000s04
2010s02
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 Goldsboro 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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