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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Porters Neck, NC

Hurricanes

18

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

10

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Porters Neck. 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 storm6938
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6346
2020Isaias AugCategory 19232
2019Dorian SepCategory 210443
2018Florence SepCategory 21047
2016Matthew OctCategory 18134
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6313
2014Arthur JulCategory 29834
2012Beryl MayTropical storm466
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6943
2008Cristobal JulTropical storm5246
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm6915
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18631
2004Charley AugCategory 17524
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4010
1999Floyd SepCategory 210412
1998Bonnie AugCategory 31154
1996Fran SepCategory 311523
1996Bertha JulCategory 21042
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4638
1985Kate NovTropical storm528
1984Diana SepCategory 413227
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6919
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6310
1975Hallie OctTropical storm5254
1975Amy JunTropical storm4645
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4644
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6938
1971Doria AugTropical storm6931
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5833
1968Gladys OctCategory 18648
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4024
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4610
1960Donna SepCategory 210418
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6914
1958Helene SepCategory 413829
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5812
1955Connie AugCategory 29855
1955Diane AugCategory 17514
1954Hazel OctCategory 413245

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s41
1960s23
1970s06
1980s13
1990s41
2000s24
2010s42
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 Porters Neck 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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