Hurricanes near Havelock, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 19 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Havelock. That's a hurricane about once every 4 years. The most recent hurricane was Dorian in 2019. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Ophelia Sep	Tropical storm	69	11
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	59
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	40
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	52
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	42
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	69	10
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	22
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	19
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	86	20
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	51
2007	Gabrielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	29
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	52	54
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	42
2004	Alex Aug	Category 2	98	54
2004	Charley Aug	Tropical storm	63	38
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 2	104	31
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	46	8
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	69	8
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	98	20
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 2	109	8
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	98	40
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	31
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	26
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	46	28
1984	Diana Sep	Tropical storm	58	29
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	18
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	69	12
1975	Hallie Oct	Tropical storm	52	59
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	52	35
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	69	21
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	9
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	63	18
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	45
1967	Doria Sep	Tropical storm	46	35
1964	Isbell Oct	Category 1	75	6
1962	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	63	46
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	21
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	2
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	44
1959	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	23
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	41
1955	Ione Sep	Category 2	109	11
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	15
1954	Unnamed May	Tropical storm	46	58
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	43

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	4	2
1960s	3	4
1970s	0	5
1980s	1	4
1990s	3	2
2000s	3	5
2010s	5	2
2020s	0	2

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 Havelock 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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