Hurricanes near Wake Forest, NC

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Wake Forest. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Fran in 1996. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 104 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
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	6
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	48
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	49
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	15
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	32
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	51
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	40	4
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	40	29
1996	Fran Sep	Category 1	75	18
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	40	13
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	27
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	63	5
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 2	104	13

By decade

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