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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Kill Devil Hills, NC

Hurricanes

16

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

9

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 16 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Kill Devil Hills. That's a hurricane about once every 5 years. The most recent hurricane was Dorian in 2019. The strongest was Emily in 1993, 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
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4621
2020Fay JulTropical storm5248
2019Dorian SepCategory 29850
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6918
2014Arthur JulCategory 29818
2011Irene AugCategory 17519
2007Gabrielle SepTropical storm527
2004Alex AugCategory 29856
2004Charley AugTropical storm5247
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4624
2000Helene SepTropical storm5236
1999Floyd SepCategory 18147
1998Bonnie AugCategory 1866
1997Danny JulTropical storm5248
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4037
1993Emily SepCategory 311551
1992Danielle SepTropical storm6325
1991Bob AugCategory 311552
1986Charley AugCategory 18117
1985Gloria SepCategory 210419
1984Diana SepTropical storm6319
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6930
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6944
1972Agnes JunTropical storm529
1971Doria AugTropical storm6949
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm6328
1967Doria SepTropical storm6321
1964Cleo SepTropical storm524
1964Unnamed JulTropical storm4010
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm5811
1962Alma AugCategory 18153
1962Unnamed JunTropical storm6346
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5247
1960Donna SepCategory 29813
1955Ione SepCategory 18129
1955Connie AugCategory 19229
1954Carol AugCategory 311553
1953Barbara AugCategory 18614

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s40
1960s26
1970s03
1980s23
1990s43
2000s14
2010s31
2020s02

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 Kill Devil Hills 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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