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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Seven Lakes, NC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Seven Lakes. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Fran in 1996. The strongest was Fran in 1996, with winds near 81 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4631
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5214
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4629
2018Michael OctTropical storm5233
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4647
1996Fran SepCategory 18149
1985Bob JulTropical storm5245
1979David SepTropical storm5247
1970Alma MayTropical storm4618
1952Able AugTropical storm4656
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4638

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s00
1970s02
1980s01
1990s10
2000s00
2010s02
2020s03

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 Seven Lakes 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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