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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Whiteville, NC

Hurricanes

11

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Whiteville. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Hazel in 1954, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2025Chantal JulTropical storm5223
2023Idalia AugTropical storm5856
2022Ian SepCategory 17534
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4652
2020Isaias AugCategory 19220
2018Florence SepCategory 19227
2016Matthew OctCategory 18151
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6323
2015Ana MayTropical storm462
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4632
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4634
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6914
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm6938
2004Charley AugCategory 17521
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4635
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4034
1999Floyd SepCategory 210454
1998Bonnie AugCategory 210957
1996Fran SepCategory 311525
1996Bertha JulCategory 210449
1985Kate NovTropical storm5232
1984Diana SepCategory 19212
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6960
1981Dennis AugTropical storm6345
1972Unnamed JulTropical storm403
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4614
1967Unnamed JunTropical storm4028
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm4659
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6937
1955Diane AugTropical storm6935
1954Hazel OctCategory 413210
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5230

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s03
1970s02
1980s13
1990s40
2000s14
2010s24
2020s23

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 Whiteville 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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