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July 3–4, 2014 – Hurricane Arthur hits eastern North Carolina, in particular the Outer Banks, with 100 mph (160 km/h). May 7, 2015 – Tropical Storm Ana produced heavy rainfall and indirectly caused a fatality. July 13, 2015 – The precursor to Tropical Storm Claudette produced moderate rainfall across the state.
Due to its location, many hurricanes have hit the state directly, and numerous hurricanes have passed near or through North Carolina in its history; the state is ranked fourth, after Florida, Texas, and Louisiana, in the number of cyclones that produced hurricane-force winds in a U.S. state. [2] [3]
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The list of North Carolina hurricanes from 1980 to 1999 encompasses approximately 68 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina. Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during the time period resulted in around $10 billion in damage (2007 USD ), primarily from hurricanes Fran and Floyd .
Just north in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina saw 58 hurricanes (seven being a Category 3 or Category 4). The state has also never been hit with a Category 5. No. 3: Louisiana
Great Chesapeake Bay Hurricane of 1769; 1804 Antigua–Charleston hurricane; 1806 Great Coastal hurricane; 1815 North Carolina hurricane; 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane; 1827 North Carolina hurricane; Racer's hurricane; Gale of 1878; 1893 Great Charleston hurricane; 1894 Greater Antilles hurricane; 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane; 1899 San ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
The Galveston Hurricane. Year: 1900 Death Toll: 6,000–12,000 Financial Impact: Estimated $30 million at the time (~$700 million adjusted for inflation) At the time, 38,000 people lived in ...