Hurricanes near Kings Grant, NC

Hurricanes

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Kings Grant. 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	43
2023	Idalia Aug	Tropical storm	63	46
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	92	28
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	44
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	6
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	34
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	63	14
2015	Ana May	Tropical storm	40	45
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	37
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	9
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	69	38
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	47
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	69	10
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	33
2004	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	21
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	40	9
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	104	11
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 3	115	9
1996	Fran Sep	Category 3	115	18
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	104	4
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	41
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	10
1984	Diana Sep	Category 4	132	25
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	23
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	63	15
1975	Hallie Oct	Tropical storm	52	56
1975	Amy Jun	Tropical storm	46	46
1972	Unnamed Jul	Tropical storm	40	51
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	43
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	63	41
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	36
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	58	35
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	51
1967	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	40	19
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	12
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	19
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	69	11
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	29
1956	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	58	16
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	60
1955	Diane Aug	Category 1	75	9
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 4	132	39

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	4	1
1960s	2	3
1970s	0	7
1980s	1	3
1990s	4	1
2000s	2	4
2010s	4	3
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 Kings Grant 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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