Hurricanes near New Bern, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 15 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of New Bern. That's a hurricane about once every 5 years. The most recent hurricane was Dorian in 2019. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Ophelia Sep	Tropical storm	69	2
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	43
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	52
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	56
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	58
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	69	9
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	38
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	35
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	86	33
2007	Gabrielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	41
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	52	41
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	58
2004	Charley Aug	Tropical storm	63	22
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 2	104	32
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	46	22
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	46	47
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	69	5
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	98	8
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 2	109	8
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 1	92	27
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	47
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	40
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	46	44
1984	Diana Sep	Tropical storm	58	14
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	32
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	69	28
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	52	19
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	69	28
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	10
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	63	34
1967	Doria Sep	Tropical storm	46	46
1964	Isbell Oct	Tropical storm	69	7
1962	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	63	55
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	7
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	15
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	29
1959	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	33
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	57
1955	Ione Sep	Category 2	104	21
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	27
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	55

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	4	1
1960s	1	5
1970s	0	4
1980s	1	4
1990s	3	2
2000s	2	5
2010s	4	2
2020s	0	3

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 New Bern 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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