NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hope Mills, NC
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
77 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Hope Mills, North Carolina since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Chantal in 2025. Since 1950, 69 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 10
- Tropical storms
- 67
- Tornadoes
- 69
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
35 deaths in all
What the records show for Hope Mills
The strongest storm to pass near Hope Mills was Hazel in 1954, a Category 3 hurricane with 113 mph winds when its centre passed 27 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1899, whose centre came within 7 miles. The record near Hope Mills begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Chantal in 2025, a tropical storm 73 miles away. The 1880s and the 1890s were the busiest decades, with 7 systems each. Of the 77 systems, 17 have come since 2000. Hope Mills has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 70% of the 475 North Carolina cities on this site. The highest rating among the 69 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on March 28, 1984, came within 3 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on March 28, 1984, killed 12 people. Of the 69, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 25 have come since 2000. April and May have had the most tornadoes, 12 each. The most recent tornado was on May 14, 2024. Hope Mills has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 475 North Carolina cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 103 times since 1970, with stones up to 3.5 inches. Hope Mills has more hail reports within 10 miles than 85% of the 475 North Carolina cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Hope Mills
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ChantalJul 6 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2024 | DebbyAug 8 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2022 | IanOct 1 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 8 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2021 | ClaudetteJun 21 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 45 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2019 | NestorOct 20 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2018 | MichaelOct 11 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2018 | FlorenceSep 14 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2016 | HermineSep 3 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2015 | AnaMay 10 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 7 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | HannaSep 6 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2006 | ErnestoSep 1 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2006 | AlbertoJun 14 | overhead | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 14 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2000 | HeleneSep 23 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | EarlSep 4 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1996 | JosephineOct 8 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1996 | FranSep 6 | 19 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 12 | 73 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1995 | AllisonJun 6 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1985 | KateNov 22 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1984 | DianaSep 14 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1972 | Unnamed 1972 stormJul 12 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1972 | AgnesJun 21 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | GingerOct 1 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1970 | AlmaMay 26 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormJun 16 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | DoraSep 13 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | FlossySep 26 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1955 | DianeAug 17 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 15 | 27 mi | Category 3 (113 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1952 | Unnamed 1952 stormAug 28 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 25 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1946 | Unnamed 1946 stormJul 6 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 18 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 20 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormAug 2 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1935 | Unnamed 1935 stormSep 6 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 2 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 19 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 17 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 23 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormSep 6 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 16 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1913 | Unnamed 1913 stormOct 10 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1913 | Unnamed 1913 stormSep 3 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 14 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 14 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormJul 13 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormOct 31 | 7 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 29 | 35 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 9 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 28 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 13 | 17 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 4 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormJun 16 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 24 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 10 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 2 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 13 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormAug 25 | 66 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1883 | Unnamed 1883 stormSep 11 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormSep 9 | 66 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 12 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 4 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 34 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormJun 23 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 17 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormSep 1 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 9 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormOct 10 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1851 | Unnamed 1851 stormAug 25 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Hope Mills: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Hope Mills
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s9(1 EF3+)
- 2000s12
- 1990s12
- 1980s8(2 EF3+)
- 1970s13(1 EF3+)
- 1960s7(2 EF3+)
- 1950s4(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 1984 | F4 | 3 mi | 40 mi | 4 / 395 |
| Apr 8, 1957 | F4 | 5 mi | 121.4 mi | 4 / 70 |
| Apr 8, 1957 | F4 | 24 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 21 |
| Mar 28, 1984 | F3 | 9 mi | 40 mi | 12 / 101 |
| Apr 16, 2011 | EF3 | 10 mi | 52.86 mi | 2 / 176 |
| Feb 22, 1971 | F3 | 9 mi | 85.7 mi | 2 / 60 |
| Apr 18, 1969 | F3 | 25 mi | 25.8 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Apr 18, 1969 | F3 | 1 mi | 77.3 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Apr 16, 2011 | EF2 | 18 mi | 29.88 mi | 3 / 13 |
| May 15, 1976 | F2 | 23 mi | 10.1 mi | 3 / 4 |
| Sep 29, 1963 | F2 | 9 mi | 85.8 mi | 3 / 12 |
| Apr 15, 1999 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.3 mi | 1 / 4 |
The strongest 12 of 69, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Hope Mills
The Storm Prediction Center has 103 hail reports within 10 miles of Hope Mills since 1970, made on 66 separate days. Of these, 67 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3.5 inches, fell on May 23, 1975. The most recent report is from June 25, 2025. May has the most reports, 23.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Hope Mills
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Fayetteville Regional Airport, NC, 4 miles northeast of Hope Mills at 186 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 54°F and 34°F. August is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 44.8 inches over 70 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 59% of the year's precipitation (26.4 of 44.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 77 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (31); a normal September there has highs of 84°F and 4.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 71 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 47 nights a year. That 44.8 inches is more than at 15 of the 140 North Carolina stations used on this site (11%). Fayetteville, 6 miles north, has its own station (Fayetteville (Pwc), NC): 47.9 inches a year, 3.1 more than here, and the same July average high, 91°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 54 | 34 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Feb | 58 | 36 | 2.8 | 6 |
| Mar | 65 | 42 | 3.1 | 6 |
| Apr | 75 | 51 | 3.2 | 5 |
| May | 82 | 60 | 3.1 | 6 |
| Jun | 89 | 68 | 4.9 | 7 |
| Jul | 91 | 72 | 5.0 | 8 |
| Aug | 89 | 70 | 5.4 | 7 |
| Sep | 84 | 65 | 4.9 | 6 |
| Oct | 75 | 53 | 3.2 | 4 |
| Nov | 65 | 42 | 3.0 | 5 |
| Dec | 57 | 36 | 3.0 | 6 |
| Year | 74 | 52 | 44.8 | 70 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Fayetteville Regional Airport, NC (186 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Hope Mills
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 228 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Hope Mills: 171 thunderstorm wind reports, 46 flash floods, 8 lightning strikes and 3 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 7, and the NWS estimated $4.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on May 27, 1998. June has had the most flash floods, 19 of 46. Of the 472 North Carolina cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 440 have had fewer than Hope Mills.
April 1, 2001: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Hope Mills — 3 injured.
NWS: “Two girls were injured and taken to a hospital when a tree fell through a house off Ramsey St. Another child was injured when a swingset blew over.”
September 25, 2009: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Hope Mills — 2 injured.
May 29, 2016: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of Hope Mills — 1 injured, $25,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Hope Mills's ZIP code 28348 have filed 59 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $3.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Florence in 2018: 16 claims (27% of all) and $872,000, then Hurricane Matthew in 2016 with 16. The year with the most claims was 2016, with 21. 69% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 263 North Carolina cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 149 have fewer than Hope Mills.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Florence2018 | 16 | $872,000 |
| Hurricane Matthew2016 | 16 | $2.0 million |
Cumberland County, which includes Hope Mills, has been named in 23 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1984, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 hurricanes, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tropical storms, 1 fire). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 25, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cumberland County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning; Relatively Moderate for hail, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $90.2 million a year, the 12th highest of 100 North Carolina counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $40.6 million (45%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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