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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Murraysville, NC

Hurricanes

18

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

23

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

11

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Murraysville. That's a hurricane about once every 4 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Helene in 1958, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6942
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6347
2020Isaias AugCategory 19228
2019Dorian SepCategory 210445
2018Florence SepCategory 21047
2016Matthew OctCategory 18135
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6312
2015Ana MayTropical storm4045
2014Arthur JulCategory 29837
2012Beryl MayTropical storm469
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6939
2008Cristobal JulTropical storm5248
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm6911
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18633
2004Charley AugCategory 17521
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4011
1999Floyd SepCategory 210412
1998Bonnie AugCategory 31158
1996Fran SepCategory 311520
1996Bertha JulCategory 21042
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4641
1985Kate NovTropical storm5210
1984Diana SepCategory 413227
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6922
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6314
1975Hallie OctTropical storm5256
1975Amy JunTropical storm4647
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4642
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6339
1971Doria AugTropical storm6935
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5836
1968Gladys OctCategory 18651
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4020
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4613
1960Donna SepCategory 210420
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6910
1958Helene SepCategory 413830
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5815
1955Connie AugCategory 29859
1955Diane AugCategory 17511
1954Hazel OctCategory 413241

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s41
1960s23
1970s06
1980s13
1990s41
2000s24
2010s43
2020s12

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 Murraysville 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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