Hurricanes near Sea Breeze, NC

Hurricanes

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 19 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Sea Breeze. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Ophelia Sep	Tropical storm	69	45
2023	Idalia Aug	Tropical storm	63	32
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	92	30
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	35
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	2
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	21
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	63	22
2015	Ana May	Tropical storm	46	49
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	30
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	7
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	69	41
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	38
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	69	10
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	25
2004	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	27
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	40	11
1999	Irene Oct	Category 2	98	54
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	104	6
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 3	115	11
1996	Fran Sep	Category 3	115	13
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	104	0
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	33
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	14
1984	Diana Sep	Category 4	132	12
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	13
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	63	1
1975	Hallie Oct	Tropical storm	52	45
1975	Amy Jun	Tropical storm	46	38
1972	Unnamed Jul	Tropical storm	40	51
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	54
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	63	55
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	37
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	58	29
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	43
1967	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	40	21
1966	Alma Jun	Tropical storm	69	54
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	12
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	15
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	69	13
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	20
1956	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	58	12
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	60
1955	Diane Aug	Category 1	75	5
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 4	132	40
1952	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	51

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	4	2
1960s	2	4
1970s	0	7
1980s	1	3
1990s	5	1
2000s	2	4
2010s	4	3
2020s	1	2

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 Sea Breeze 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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