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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Waxhaw, NC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Waxhaw. 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 86 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4629
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5245
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4035
2018Michael OctTropical storm529
1989Hugo SepCategory 18622
1985Bob JulTropical storm5817
1979David SepTropical storm588
1970Alma MayTropical storm4653
1959Gracie SepTropical storm6333
1952Able AugTropical storm525
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4026

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s00
1970s02
1980s11
1990s00
2000s00
2010s01
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 Waxhaw 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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