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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Silver Lake, NC

Hurricanes

18

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

26

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

13

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 18 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Silver Lake. 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm6946
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6338
2020Isaias AugCategory 19228
2019Dorian SepCategory 210440
2018Florence SepCategory 2982
2016Matthew OctCategory 18126
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6318
2015Ana MayTropical storm4646
2014Arthur JulCategory 29834
2012Beryl MayTropical storm466
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6939
2008Cristobal JulTropical storm5242
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm699
2005Ophelia SepCategory 18629
2004Charley AugCategory 17524
2002Kyle OctTropical storm407
1999Irene OctCategory 19259
1999Floyd SepCategory 21046
1998Bonnie AugCategory 311512
1996Fran SepCategory 311512
1996Bertha JulCategory 21044
1996Arthur JunTropical storm4637
1985Kate NovTropical storm5213
1984Diana SepCategory 413217
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6918
1981Dennis AugTropical storm636
1975Hallie OctTropical storm5250
1975Amy JunTropical storm4642
1972Unnamed JulTropical storm4049
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4649
1971Ginger OctTropical storm6350
1971Doria AugTropical storm6939
1970Unnamed AugTropical storm5832
1968Gladys OctCategory 18648
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4019
1966Alma JunTropical storm6959
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4613
1960Donna SepCategory 210417
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6911
1958Helene SepCategory 413824
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5816
1955Diane AugCategory 1755
1954Hazel OctCategory 413237
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5254

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s32
1960s24
1970s07
1980s13
1990s51
2000s24
2010s43
2020s12

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 Silver Lake 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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