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Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near Matoaca, VA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Matoaca. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Isabel in 2003. The strongest was Isabel in 2003, with winds near 81 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm468
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5224
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6925
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5219
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm4627
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4033
2003Isabel SepCategory 18128
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6939
1970Alma MayTropical storm4057
1969Camille AugTropical storm409
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5856
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4656

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s02
1970s01
1980s00
1990s01
2000s13
2010s00
2020s03

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 Matoaca 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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