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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Laurinburg, NC

Hurricanes

2

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Laurinburg. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Fran in 1996. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4644
2022Ian OctTropical storm635
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5217
2021Claudette JunTropical storm467
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4621
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4017
1996Fran SepCategory 18653
1985Bob JulTropical storm5258
1984Diana SepTropical storm5857
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4035
1970Alma MayTropical storm4613
1954Hazel OctCategory 312157
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5218

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s00
1970s02
1980s02
1990s10
2000s01
2010s01
2020s04

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 Laurinburg 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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