Hurricanes near Louisburg, NC

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Louisburg. 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	47
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	7
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	50
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	38
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	12
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	24
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	40	44
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 1	81	51
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	50
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	40	16
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	40	28
1996	Fran Sep	Tropical storm	69	32
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 1	75	59
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	40	13
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	25
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	63	17
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 2	104	7

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	0	0
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 Louisburg 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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