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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Wadesboro, 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 Wadesboro. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, 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 storm469
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5220
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4622
2018Michael OctTropical storm5229
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4657
1989Hugo SepCategory 18156
1985Bob JulTropical storm5222
1979David SepTropical storm5827
1970Alma MayTropical storm4625
1952Able AugTropical storm5235
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4610

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s00
1970s02
1980s11
1990s00
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 Wadesboro 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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