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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Maxton, NC

Hurricanes

2

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Maxton. 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 127 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2025Chantal JulTropical storm4016
2024Debby AugTropical storm4651
2022Ian OctTropical storm635
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5224
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4611
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4614
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6353
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4010
1996Fran SepCategory 29847
1984Diana SepTropical storm6349
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4031
1970Alma MayTropical storm4618
1955Diane AugTropical storm6360
1954Hazel OctCategory 312749
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5224

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s02
1980s01
1990s10
2000s02
2010s01
2020s05

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 Maxton 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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