Hurricanes near Newport, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 23 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Newport. That's a hurricane about once every 3 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	13
2020	Fay Jul	Tropical storm	40	39
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	32
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	43
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	34
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	69	19
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	16
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	11
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	86	17
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	42
2007	Gabrielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	27
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	52	57
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	33
2004	Alex Aug	Category 2	98	47
2004	Charley Aug	Tropical storm	63	46
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 2	104	35
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	46	5
1999	Irene Oct	Category 2	104	57
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	69	15
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	98	27
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 2	109	15
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	98	43
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	23
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	22
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	46	19
1984	Diana Sep	Category 2	109	39
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	12
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	69	8
1975	Hallie Oct	Tropical storm	52	51
1975	Amy Jun	Tropical storm	52	51
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	52	44
1971	Ginger Oct	Category 1	75	14
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	16
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	63	11
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	36
1967	Doria Sep	Tropical storm	40	33
1964	Isbell Oct	Category 1	75	4
1962	Alma Aug	Tropical storm	69	53
1962	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	63	47
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	25
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	9
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	47
1959	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	46	27
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	33
1955	Ione Sep	Category 2	109	10
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	11
1954	Carol Aug	Category 2	109	59
1954	Unnamed May	Tropical storm	46	51
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	40

By decade

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

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 Newport 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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