NHC AL011996 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Arthur (1996)
June 17, 1996 – June 23, 1996
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Arthur peaked at Tropical storm with 52 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 90 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Arthur in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Arthur from June 17, 1996 to June 23, 1996; its peak was 52 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on June 20 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 15 miles from Beaufort, NC. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 90 US cities, in 2 states, most in North Carolina (79). The strongest pass was 46 mph (tropical storm) 30 miles from Kure Beach, NC; the centre came closest to Beaufort, NC, 14 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 90
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
52 mph
when closest
Cities Arthur passed near, strongest first
North Carolina (79)
- Kure BeachTropical storm · 30 mi
- Carolina BeachTropical storm · 31 mi
- SouthportTropical storm · 35 mi
- Oak IslandTropical storm · 35 mi
- Wrightsville BeachTropical storm · 36 mi
- WilmingtonTropical storm · 39 mi
- WinnabowTropical storm · 41 mi
- BoliviaTropical storm · 42 mi
- SupplyTropical storm · 46 mi
- Castle HayneTropical storm · 46 mi
- ShallotteTropical storm · 48 mi
- Ocean Isle BeachTropical storm · 48 mi
- LelandTropical storm · 48 mi
- Sunset BeachTropical storm · 50 mi
- Rocky PointTropical storm · 50 mi
- CalabashTropical storm · 53 mi
- AshTropical storm · 57 mi
- DelcoTropical storm · 58 mi
- CurrieTropical storm · 59 mi
- RiegelwoodTropical storm · 63 mi
- BoltonTropical storm · 65 mi
- AtkinsonTropical storm · 66 mi
- NakinaTropical storm · 66 mi
- Lake WaccamawTropical storm · 70 mi
- Tabor CityTropical storm · 74 mi
- Holly RidgeTropical storm · 38 mi
- HampsteadTropical storm · 39 mi
- BurgawTropical storm · 57 mi
- WallaceTropical storm · 68 mi
- WillardTropical storm · 68 mi
- TeacheyTropical storm · 71 mi
- Rose HillTropical storm · 74 mi
- Sneads FerryTropical storm · 34 mi
- Camp LejeuneTropical storm · 36 mi
- Maple HillTropical storm · 51 mi
- BeulavilleTropical storm · 67 mi
- Emerald IsleTropical storm · 24 mi
- SwansboroTropical storm · 29 mi
- HubertTropical storm · 33 mi
- Midway ParkTropical storm · 39 mi
- Tarawa TerraceTropical storm · 42 mi
- JacksonvilleTropical storm · 46 mi
- RichlandsTropical storm · 58 mi
- Pink HillTropical storm · 70 mi
- Deep RunTropical storm · 73 mi
- Atlantic BeachTropical storm · 16 mi
- Morehead CityTropical storm · 16 mi
- NewportTropical storm · 23 mi
- HavelockTropical storm · 29 mi
- Cherry PointTropical storm · 30 mi
- MaysvilleTropical storm · 43 mi
- TrentonTropical storm · 60 mi
- Cove CityTropical storm · 61 mi
- BeaufortTropical storm · 14 mi
- OrientalTropical storm · 28 mi
- ManteoTropical storm · 32 mi
- BayboroTropical storm · 36 mi
- GrantsboroTropical storm · 37 mi
- AuroraTropical storm · 45 mi
- New BernTropical storm · 46 mi
and 19 more
South Carolina (11)
- North Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 54 mi
- Little RiverTropical storm · 55 mi
- Surfside BeachTropical storm · 59 mi
- Murrells InletTropical storm · 59 mi
- Myrtle BeachTropical storm · 60 mi
- LongsTropical storm · 61 mi
- ConwayTropical storm · 70 mi
- LorisTropical storm · 73 mi
- Pawleys IslandTropical storm · 62 mi
- GeorgetownTropical storm · 70 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleTropical storm · 69 mi
Other storms of the 1996 season
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.