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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Half Moon, NC

Hurricanes

18

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Half Moon. That's a hurricane about once every 4 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Helene in 1958, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6920
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4650
2020Isaias AugCategory 18138
2019Dorian SepCategory 210458
2018Florence SepCategory 29844
2016Matthew OctCategory 18157
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6311
2014Arthur JulCategory 29844
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4631
2011Irene AugCategory 18650
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6350
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm6324
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18654
2004Charley AugTropical storm6916
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4018
2000Helene SepTropical storm4050
1999Dennis SepTropical storm6931
1999Floyd SepCategory 2986
1998Bonnie AugCategory 210913
1996Fran SepCategory 210454
1996Bertha JulCategory 210411
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4650
1986Charley AugCategory 17555
1985Kate NovTropical storm5235
1984Diana SepCategory 311523
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6935
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6326
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4623
1971Ginger OctTropical storm693
1971Doria AugTropical storm6922
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5840
1964Isbell OctTropical storm6924
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4611
1960Donna SepCategory 210418
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6917
1958Helene SepCategory 413852
1955Ione SepCategory 210443
1955Connie AugCategory 29844
1955Diane AugTropical storm6944
1954Hazel OctCategory 311557

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s41
1960s13
1970s04
1980s23
1990s42
2000s15
2010s52
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 Half Moon 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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