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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Pittsboro, NC

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

9

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Pittsboro. 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 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5218
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4648
2018Michael OctTropical storm5813
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4649
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5860
1996Fran SepCategory 17521
1979David SepTropical storm4659
1970Alma MayTropical storm4621
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4034
1955Diane AugTropical storm6335
1954Hazel OctCategory 210446

By decade

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

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 Pittsboro 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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