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Hurricane history · North Carolina

Hurricanes near Wilson's Mills, NC

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

19

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 19 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Wilson's Mills. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Isaias in 2020. 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2023Ophelia SepTropical storm5260
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5223
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4619
2020Isaias AugCategory 17529
2018Michael OctTropical storm5842
2013Andrea JunTropical storm469
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6317
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm5239
2004Charley AugTropical storm6359
2000Helene SepTropical storm4024
1999Dennis SepTropical storm4616
1997Danny JulTropical storm401
1996Fran SepCategory 18624
1996Bertha JulCategory 17553
1984Diana SepTropical storm5245
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4650
1971Ginger OctTropical storm464
1970Alma MayTropical storm4017
1964Isbell OctTropical storm4638
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6354
1959Cindy JulTropical storm404
1955Diane AugTropical storm638
1954Hazel OctCategory 31154

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s02
1970s03
1980s01
1990s22
2000s04
2010s02
2020s13

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 Wilson's Mills 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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