Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Grifton, NC

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Grifton. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Donna in 1960, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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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 Grifton at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.