Hurricane History

North Carolina is the second state most prone to hurricane strikes.  From 1851 to 2005,  North Carolina has been hit by 47 hurricanes, 12 of them major.  Twenty-two hurricanes were a category 1, thirteen were a category 2, eleven were a category 3 and one was a category 4.  North Carolina has not had a direct hit from a category 5 hurricane.

The following is a list of North Carolina's hurricanes.  For information on each storm, click on the links to the left.

2005

Hurricane Ophelia
September 14 & 15 

2004

Hurricane Alex
August 3rd

Tropical Storm Bonnie
August 12th

Hurricane Charley
August 14th

Tropical Storm Frances
September 8th 

Tropical Storm Gaston
August 30

Tropical Storm Ivan
September 16

Tropical Storm Jeanne
September 27

2003

Hurricane Isabel
September 18

1999

Hurricane Dennis
August 30

Hurricane Floyd 
September 16
 
Hurricane Irene
October 17-18

1998

Hurricane Bonnie
August 26

Tropical Depression Earl
September 5, 2006


1996

Tropical Storm Arthur
June 20 

Hurricane Bertha
July 12

Hurricane Fran
August 29


1993

Hurricane Emily
August 31
 

1954

Hurricane Hazel
October 15

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