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Hyde County, North Carolina Hurricane History

No active tropical cyclones are within 500 miles of Hyde County, North Carolina as of Thursday, 10 September 2026. Official forecasts at nhc.noaa.gov.

Since 1851, 78 tropical cyclones have passed within 50 miles of Hyde County, North Carolina — about one every 2.2 years. Of those, 25 were at hurricane strength at their closest approach. The most recent was Claudette (2021), which passed 45 miles away on 21 June 2021.

78
Storms within 50 mi
25
At hurricane strength
2.2
Avg. years between
5
Years since the last

Storm tracks within 50 miles

Hyde County
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Each line is one storm track, coloured by the strongest category it reached while within 50 miles. The dashed ring marks that 50-mile radius; hairlines are one-degree graticule. Source: NOAA NHC HURDAT2.

How strong they get

Cat 3 · 3Cat 2 · 9Cat 1 · 16TS / TD · 50
The 78 storms by the strongest category each reached while within 50 miles. 3 of them reached Cat 3.

Key facts

When storms arrive

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Storms by month of closest approach; the peak is highlighted and labelled. In Hyde County, North Carolina, September is the most active month, with 26 of the 78 recorded storms (33%). Activity concentrates in June, August and September, together 73% of all storms. The 1960s was the most active decade on record, with 11 storms. 3 of the 78 storms were major hurricanes (Category 3 or stronger) while within 50 miles.
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Activity by decade

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Tropical cyclones passing within 50 miles, by decade, 1850s to 2020s. Decades with no storms are shown as empty columns. Comparing two equal 38-year windows inside the aircraft-reconnaissance era: 26 storms in 1950–1987 against 17 in 1988–2025.
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Every tropical or subtropical cyclone within 50 miles

StormClosest approachDistanceStatusWind
Claudette (2021)21 Jun 202145.3 miTS / TD40 kt
Dorian (2019)6 Sep 201933.3 miCat 285 kt
Matthew (2016)9 Oct 201649.7 miCat 170 kt
Hermine (2016)3 Sep 20168.0 miTS / TD58 kt
Bonnie (2016)2 Jun 201647.4 miTS / TD25 kt
Arthur (2014)4 Jul 201411.4 miCat 285 kt
Irene (2011)27 Aug 201110.4 miCat 165 kt
Gabrielle (2007)9 Sep 20074.2 miTS / TD43 kt
Bonnie (2004)13 Aug 200420.5 miTS / TD25 kt
Alex (2004)3 Aug 200445.3 miCat 285 kt
Isabel (2003)18 Sep 200325.4 miCat 285 kt
Kyle (2002)12 Oct 200214.3 miTS / TD40 kt
Allison (2001)15 Jun 200142.5 miTS / TD25 kt
Floyd (1999)16 Sep 199941.5 miCat 170 kt
Dennis (1999)4 Sep 199945.0 miTS / TD53 kt
Bonnie (1998)27 Aug 199814.3 miTS / TD62 kt
Arthur (1996)20 Jun 199625.7 miTS / TD35 kt
Charley (1986)17 Aug 19862.7 miCat 165 kt
Kate (1985)23 Nov 198549.0 miTS / TD40 kt
Gloria (1985)27 Sep 198534.4 miCat 290 kt
Diana (1984)14 Sep 19849.9 miTS / TD49 kt
Unnamed Storm (1982)19 Jun 198211.4 miTS / TD60 kt
Dennis (1981)20 Aug 198121.5 miTS / TD58 kt
Bob (1979)15 Jul 19795.8 miTS / TD20 kt
Agnes (1972)21 Jun 197216.7 miTS / TD43 kt
Doria (1971)27 Aug 197130.9 miTS / TD55 kt
Unnamed Storm (1970)17 Aug 197014.9 miTS / TD53 kt
Gladys (1968)20 Oct 196847.0 miCat 172 kt
Unnamed Storm (1968)10 Sep 196848.7 miTS / TD30 kt
Abby (1968)13 Jun 19688.4 miTS / TD30 kt
Doria (1967)17 Sep 19674.6 miTS / TD38 kt
Cleo (1964)1 Sep 196449.2 miTS / TD38 kt
Unnamed Storm (1964)24 Jul 196444.4 miTS / TD25 kt
Unnamed Storm (1963)3 Jun 196319.6 miTS / TD50 kt
Alma (1962)28 Aug 196247.2 miTS / TD63 kt
Unnamed Storm (1962)30 Jun 19628.7 miTS / TD55 kt
Unnamed Storm (1961)14 Sep 196141.1 miTS / TD40 kt
Donna (1960)12 Sep 196013.6 miCat 285 kt
Unnamed Storm (1959)2 Aug 195933.1 miTS / TD32 kt
Ione (1955)19 Sep 195526.6 miCat 172 kt
Connie (1955)12 Aug 195515.8 miCat 182 kt
Carol (1954)31 Aug 195449.5 miCat 397 kt
Barbara (1953)14 Aug 19533.1 miCat 175 kt
Unnamed Storm (1946)6 Jul 19468.7 miTS / TD45 kt
Unnamed Storm (1945)26 Jun 194512.5 miCat 165 kt
Unnamed Storm (1937)31 Jul 193745.0 miTS / TD58 kt
Unnamed Storm (1934)3 Sep 193418.1 miTS / TD38 kt
Unnamed Storm (1933)16 Sep 193344.9 miCat 290 kt
Unnamed Storm (1933)23 Aug 193341.2 miCat 180 kt
Unnamed Storm (1918)25 Aug 19182.7 miTS / TD60 kt
Unnamed Storm (1910)20 Oct 191038.1 miTS / TD52 kt
Unnamed Storm (1908)1 Sep 190816.0 miTS / TD45 kt
Unnamed Storm (1908)31 Jul 190821.9 miTS / TD62 kt
Unnamed Storm (1908)29 May 190834.4 miCat 165 kt
Unnamed Storm (1901)18 Sep 190142.1 miTS / TD38 kt
Unnamed Storm (1901)11 Jul 19018.7 miTS / TD55 kt
Unnamed Storm (1899)18 Aug 189914.6 miCat 396 kt
Unnamed Storm (1897)26 Oct 189730.4 miTS / TD48 kt
Unnamed Storm (1897)20 Oct 189739.6 miTS / TD55 kt
Unnamed Storm (1897)23 Sep 189728.2 miTS / TD60 kt
Unnamed Storm (1894)28 Sep 18941.3 miTS / TD60 kt
Unnamed Storm (1893)23 Oct 189334.4 miTS / TD50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1893)4 Oct 18938.7 miTS / TD35 kt
Unnamed Storm (1893)17 Jun 189341.6 miTS / TD52 kt
Unnamed Storm (1888)11 Oct 188822.5 miTS / TD52 kt
Unnamed Storm (1885)26 Aug 18855.8 miCat 170 kt
Unnamed Storm (1882)23 Sep 188236.9 miTS / TD40 kt
Unnamed Storm (1880)9 Sep 188012.2 miCat 170 kt
Unnamed Storm (1879)18 Aug 187910.3 miCat 397 kt
Unnamed Storm (1863)18 Sep 186333.1 miTS / TD54 kt
Unnamed Storm (1861)2 Nov 18617.5 miCat 168 kt
Unnamed Storm (1861)7 Oct 186148.7 miTS / TD50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1861)27 Sep 186145.3 miTS / TD60 kt
Unnamed Storm (1857)13 Sep 185720.5 miTS / TD60 kt
Unnamed Storm (1856)1 Sep 185612.1 miTS / TD50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1856)19 Aug 185615.2 miTS / TD50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1852)11 Oct 185210.1 miTS / TD50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1851)25 Aug 185148.7 miTS / TD40 kt

Post-tropical and extratropical passes

A further 24 systems passed within 50 miles after losing tropical characteristics. These are excluded from the counts above because they were no longer tropical cyclones at their closest approach — but several were highly damaging, so they are listed here. Showing the 9 most recent.

StormStatusClosest approachDistanceWind
Fay (2020)Remnant low9 Jul 202046.5 mi37 kt
Julia (2016)Post-tropical20 Sep 20165.5 mi25 kt
Claudette (2015)Remnant low12 Jul 201542.5 mi25 kt
Beryl (2012)Remnant low30 May 201230.5 mi43 kt
Barry (2007)Post-tropical4 Jun 200711.4 mi40 kt
Alberto (2006)Post-tropical14 Jun 200641.0 mi37 kt
Josephine (1996)Post-tropical8 Oct 199626.4 mi45 kt
Allison (1995)Post-tropical6 Jun 19956.4 mi40 kt
Dora (1964)Post-tropical13 Sep 196415.8 mi60 kt
About this data. Computed from NOAA's HURDAT2 Atlantic and Northeast Pacific hurricane databases (hurdat2-1851-2025-02272026.txt), covering 1851–2025. Tracks are recorded every six hours and are interpolated to one-hour steps before distances are measured, so closest-approach figures are not distorted by the sampling interval. Distances are measured to the county's Census internal point, not to its nearest boundary, so a storm listed at 55 miles may still have crossed the coastline — see Methodology. Records before about 1900 are sparser and less precise than modern ones, and storms that stayed at sea were less likely to be recorded at all.

Storms that came back

4 named storms in this record passed Hyde County, North Carolina more than once.

How Hyde County, North Carolina compares

Among the 2,208 U.S. counties and county-equivalents that have recorded at least one tropical cyclone within 50 miles, Hyde County, North Carolina ranks #11 — more exposed than 99.5% of them. Within North Carolina it ranks #4 of 100, against a state average of 37.9 storms per county.

Notable storms

68 of the 78 storms made a documented landfall somewhere along their track.

How often to expect a storm

A return interval of 2.2 years does not mean storms arrive on a schedule. It is simply 78 storms spread over the 175 years from 1851 to 2025. 15 separate years saw more than one storm pass within 50 miles while stretches of a decade or more have passed with none. The longest recorded quiet stretch was 16 years, between 1863 and 1879. It has been 4 years since the last one; 9 of the 56 gaps in this record were longer than that.

Common questions

How many hurricanes have hit Hyde County, North Carolina?

25 tropical cyclones have passed within 50 miles of Hyde County, North Carolina at hurricane strength since 1851. Counting all tropical cyclones — including tropical storms and depressions — the total is 78.

When was the last hurricane in Hyde County, North Carolina?

Dorian (2019), on 6 September 2019, passing 33 miles away — 7 years ago. The most recent tropical cyclone of any strength was Claudette (2021) in 2021.

What was the strongest storm to affect Hyde County, North Carolina?

Unnamed Storm (1899), which reached 105 kt (121 mph) while within 50 miles; its closest approach was 15 miles.

How often do hurricanes hit Hyde County, North Carolina?

On average, one tropical cyclone passes within 50 miles every 2.2 years — 78 storms over the 175 years from 1851 to 2025, the end of the HURDAT2 record. That is a historical average, not a schedule or a forecast.

Nearby counties

Hyde County, North Carolina borders or sits close to 6 other counties with a published storm record. Carteret County, North Carolina has 85 on record.