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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Tarboro, NC

Hurricanes

5

None major

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Tarboro. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Isabel in 2003. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm5811
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5238
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4620
2020Isaias AugTropical storm696
2018Michael OctTropical storm5842
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5820
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm463
2004Charley AugTropical storm6334
2003Isabel SepCategory 19224
2000Helene SepTropical storm4616
1999Dennis SepTropical storm5228
1999Floyd SepCategory 18645
1997Danny JulTropical storm467
1996Bertha JulCategory 17515
1984Diana SepTropical storm5248
1972Agnes JunTropical storm5243
1971Doria AugTropical storm6949
1970Alma MayTropical storm4021
1964Isbell OctTropical storm5829
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4646
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6321
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4612
1955Ione SepCategory 18159
1955Diane AugTropical storm6356
1954Hazel OctCategory 29842

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s03
1970s03
1980s01
1990s22
2000s14
2010s01
2020s04

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 Tarboro 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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