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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near La Grange, NC

Hurricanes

8

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of La Grange. That's a hurricane about once every 10 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 storm6934
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5258
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4613
2020Isaias AugCategory 17511
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6344
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6324
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm585
2004Charley AugTropical storm6924
2003Isabel SepCategory 19258
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4056
2000Helene SepTropical storm4613
1999Dennis SepTropical storm5814
1999Floyd SepCategory 19237
1998Bonnie AugCategory 210448
1997Danny JulTropical storm4035
1996Fran SepCategory 18650
1996Bertha JulCategory 19216
1984Diana SepTropical storm5215
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4617
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6323
1971Doria AugTropical storm6949
1970Alma MayTropical storm4050
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5814
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4639
1960Donna SepCategory 210454
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6321
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4037
1955Diane AugTropical storm6937
1954Hazel OctCategory 311534

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s13
1970s04
1980s01
1990s42
2000s15
2010s01
2020s13

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 La Grange 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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