Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Plymouth, NC

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Plymouth. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Arthur in 2014. The strongest was Arthur in 2014, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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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 Plymouth at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.