Landfall

Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Raeford, NC

Hurricanes

2

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Raeford. 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 121 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4055
2022Ian OctTropical storm6318
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5216
2021Claudette JunTropical storm467
2018Michael OctTropical storm5257
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4621
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6350
1996Fran SepCategory 29834
1984Diana SepTropical storm5849
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4641
1970Alma MayTropical storm4612
1955Diane AugTropical storm6348
1954Hazel OctCategory 312144
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4639

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s02
1980s01
1990s10
2000s01
2010s02
2020s04

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 Raeford 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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