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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Mount Olive, NC

Hurricanes

6

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Mount Olive. 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 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6351
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5252
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4613
2020Isaias AugCategory 18114
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6347
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4626
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6315
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5815
2004Charley AugTropical storm6928
2000Helene SepTropical storm4014
1999Dennis SepTropical storm5229
1999Floyd SepCategory 29849
1998Bonnie AugCategory 210955
1997Danny JulTropical storm4032
1996Fran SepCategory 29833
1996Bertha JulCategory 29830
1984Diana SepTropical storm5814
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4619
1971Ginger OctTropical storm636
1970Alma MayTropical storm4048
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5829
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4649
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6326
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4034
1955Diane AugTropical storm6920
1954Hazel OctCategory 312120

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s03
1970s03
1980s01
1990s42
2000s04
2010s02
2020s13

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 Mount Olive 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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