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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Lumberton, NC

Hurricanes

6

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lumberton. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2025Chantal JulTropical storm465
2022Ian OctTropical storm6921
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5241
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4626
2020Isaias AugCategory 19243
2018Florence SepCategory 18152
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6350
2015Ana MayTropical storm4625
2013Andrea JunTropical storm467
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6933
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5859
2004Charley AugCategory 17548
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4011
1996Fran SepCategory 210433
1985Kate NovTropical storm5256
1984Diana SepCategory 17530
1972Unnamed JulTropical storm4017
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4616
1970Alma MayTropical storm4636
1955Diane AugTropical storm6944
1954Hazel OctCategory 413230
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5231

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s03
1980s11
1990s10
2000s13
2010s13
2020s14

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 Lumberton 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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