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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Rocky Mount, NC

Hurricanes

4

None major

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Rocky Mount. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Isabel in 2003. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm5823
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5225
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4632
2020Isaias AugTropical storm699
2018Michael OctTropical storm5831
2008Hanna SepTropical storm587
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm4615
2004Charley AugTropical storm6349
2003Isabel SepCategory 19233
2000Helene SepTropical storm4629
1999Dennis SepTropical storm5224
1999Floyd SepCategory 18159
1997Danny JulTropical storm4614
1996Fran SepTropical storm6359
1996Bertha JulCategory 17529
1984Diana SepTropical storm5258
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4654
1970Alma MayTropical storm409
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5233
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4660
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6336
1959Cindy JulTropical storm467
1955Diane AugTropical storm6343
1954Hazel OctCategory 210428

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s03
1970s02
1980s01
1990s23
2000s14
2010s01
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 Rocky Mount 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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