Hurricanes near Lake Royale, NC

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Royale. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Isabel in 2003. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 104 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	52	43
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	13
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	39
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	30
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	22
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	19
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	40	35
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 1	81	51
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	40
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	46	12
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	40	18
1996	Fran Sep	Tropical storm	69	37
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 1	75	51
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	40	3
1964	Isbell Oct	Tropical storm	46	42
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	57
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	14
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	63	23
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 2	104	6

By decade

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

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 Lake Royale 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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