Hurricanes near Swansboro, NC

Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 21 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Swansboro. 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	2
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	75	59
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	104	38
2018	Florence Sep	Category 2	104	34
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	81	39
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	63	15
2014	Arthur Jul	Category 2	98	23
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	14
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	86	30
2008	Cristobal Jul	Tropical storm	52	47
2007	Gabrielle Sep	Tropical storm	58	42
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	63	45
2005	Ophelia Sep	Category 1	86	36
2004	Alex Aug	Category 2	98	54
2004	Charley Aug	Tropical storm	69	37
2003	Isabel Sep	Category 2	104	50
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	40	11
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	69	28
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	98	16
1998	Bonnie Aug	Category 2	109	8
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	104	31
1996	Arthur Jun	Tropical storm	46	31
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	35
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	23
1984	Diana Sep	Category 3	127	38
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	15
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	63	8
1975	Hallie Oct	Tropical storm	52	55
1975	Amy Jun	Tropical storm	52	49
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	41
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	69	2
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	7
1970	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	58	20
1968	Gladys Oct	Category 1	86	41
1967	Doria Sep	Tropical storm	40	47
1964	Isbell Oct	Category 1	75	18
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	17
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	4
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	37
1959	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	40	42
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	138	35
1955	Ione Sep	Category 2	109	25
1955	Connie Aug	Category 2	98	24
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	69	58
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	53

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	4	2
1960s	3	3
1970s	0	6
1980s	2	3
1990s	3	2
2000s	3	5
2010s	5	2
2020s	1	1

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 Swansboro 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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