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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Rockfish, NC

Hurricanes

3

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Rockfish. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Ian OctTropical storm6326
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5223
2021Claudette JunTropical storm462
2020Isaias AugCategory 18153
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4613
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6341
1996Fran SepCategory 29825
1984Diana SepTropical storm6342
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4636
1971Ginger OctTropical storm4051
1970Alma MayTropical storm4617
1955Diane AugTropical storm6339
1954Hazel OctCategory 312735
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4646

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s03
1980s01
1990s10
2000s01
2010s01
2020s13

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 Rockfish 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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