Hurricanes near St. Pauls, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of St. Pauls. That's a hurricane about once every 19 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 September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2022	Ian Oct	Tropical storm	63	27
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	35
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	15
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	86	44
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	63	59
2015	Ana May	Tropical storm	40	28
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	10
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	69	33
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	58	59
2004	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	53
1996	Fran Sep	Category 2	104	25
1984	Diana Sep	Tropical storm	69	31
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	23
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	46	52
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	46	30
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	69	38
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 3	127	31
1952	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	41

By decade

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

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 St. Pauls 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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