Hurricanes near Wendell, NC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Wendell. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Fran in 1996. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 115 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	52	57
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	12
2021	Claudette Jun	Tropical storm	46	31
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	35
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	58	30
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	16
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	46	41
2000	Helene Sep	Tropical storm	40	33
1999	Dennis Sep	Tropical storm	46	7
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	40	12
1996	Fran Sep	Category 1	81	25
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 1	75	56
1984	Diana Sep	Tropical storm	46	57
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	60
1971	Ginger Oct	Tropical storm	40	4
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	40	5
1964	Isbell Oct	Tropical storm	46	42
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	63	58
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	40	10
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	63	10
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 3	115	8

By decade

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

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 Wendell 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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