Hurricanes near Jacksonville, NC

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Jacksonville. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Ophelia Sep	Tropical storm	69	17
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	58
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	81	44
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	51
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	37
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	49
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	63	9
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	36
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	23
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	86	45
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	63	56
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	58
2007	Gabrielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	56
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	63	30
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	46
2004	Charley Aug	Tropical storm	69	23
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	40	10
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	58
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	69	34
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	98	1
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 2	109	6
1996	Fran Sep	Category 2	109	55
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	104	16
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	43
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	50
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	27
1984	Diana Sep	Category 4	132	30
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	27
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	63	18
1975	Amy Jun	Tropical storm	46	55
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	31
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	69	3
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	14
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	58	33
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	54
1964	Isbell Oct	Tropical storm	69	26
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	5
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	10
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	69	24
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	44
1955	Ione Sep	Category 2	109	39
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	39
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	69	45

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	3	1
1960s	2	3
1970s	0	5
1980s	2	3
1990s	4	2
2000s	1	7
2010s	5	2
2020s	1	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 Jacksonville 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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