Hurricanes near Roanoke Rapids, NC

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Roanoke Rapids. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Isabel in 2003. The strongest was Isabel in 2003, with winds near 86 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	52	7
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	10
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	56
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	13
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	5
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	3
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	46	19
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 1	86	9
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	46	50
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	40	56
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	46	31
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 1	75	31
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	40	15
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	42
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	46	20
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	58	57

By decade

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

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 Roanoke Rapids 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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