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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Kinston, NC

Hurricanes

10

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Kinston. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, 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
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6924
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4619
2020Isaias AugCategory 17520
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6334
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6335
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5810
2004Charley AugTropical storm6313
2003Isabel SepCategory 19249
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4049
2000Helene SepTropical storm4621
1999Dennis SepTropical storm6310
1999Floyd SepCategory 29826
1998Bonnie AugCategory 210938
1997Danny JulTropical storm4041
1996Fran SepCategory 18159
1996Bertha JulCategory 1925
1984Diana SepTropical storm529
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6352
1972Agnes JunTropical storm527
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6330
1971Doria AugTropical storm6938
1970Alma MayTropical storm4057
1964Isbell OctTropical storm637
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4628
1960Donna SepCategory 210445
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6312
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4045
1955Ione SepCategory 210450
1955Connie AugCategory 29859
1955Diane AugTropical storm6947
1954Hazel OctCategory 311546

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s32
1960s13
1970s04
1980s02
1990s42
2000s15
2010s01
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 Kinston 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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