List of North Carolina Hurricanes (pre-1900) - 1700s

1700s

• September 16, 1713 – A strong hurricane causes shipping damage near Cape Fear, and also opens forms several inlets along the Outer Banks.
• August 13, 1728 – Several ships are lost during a hurricane, with one entire crew killed in one vessel.
• October 18, 1749 – A powerful hurricane remains offshore, which causes high tides that capsize nine ships near Ocracoka.
• August 18, 1750 – Five ships are wrecked or driven ashore due to a hurricane.
• September 30, 1752 – A hurricane strikes near Wilmington with high tides and winds; an unknown number of deaths are reported in the state.
• October 22, 1752 – A hurricane affects the state's coastline.
• September 23, 1761 – A new inlet is formed after a hurricane makes landfall on the state.
• October, 1761 – Cape Hatteras is brushed by a major hurricane.
• September 21, 1767 – Several vessels are lost in an offshore storm.
• September 6, 1769 – New Bern is severely damaged by unprecedented tides and winds; the flood waters destroy an entire street of houses, along with some of the inhabitants, while the winds down thousands of trees.
• September 1, 1772 – A tropical cyclone washes 40 vessels ashore along Ocracoke, causing 50 fatalities.
• August 26, 1773 – The state is affected by a hurricane.
• August 29, 1775 – The Mid-Atlantic States are first impacted by the Independence Hurricane, which crosses the eastern portion of the state in early September. The hurricane destroys all of the corn crop in the northeastern portion of the state, and kills 163 people in the state. In the aftermath of the hurricane, the Second Continental Congress provide farmers in the northeastern portion of the state with 40 shillings to purchase corn and other supplies.
• August 10, 1777 – The coastline is affected by a tropical cyclone.
• August 11, 1778 – A hurricane produces heavy rainfall in the New Bern area.
• August 11, 1781 – A gale lasts for forty hours at Wilmington in association with a slow-moving hurricane.
• October 7, 1783 – Heavy damage is reported near Wilmington from a hurricane crossing the eastern portion of the state.
• September 23, 1785 – A hurricane strikes Ocracoke, causing beach erosion and killing several cattle.
• July 23, 1788 – A cyclone known as George Washington's Hurricane moves through Virginia, while in eastern North Carolina it damages dozens of vessels.
• August 2, 1795 – A Spanish fleet of 18 vessels are driven ashore near Cape Hatteras by a hurricane.
• August 12, 1795 – The state is struck by a major hurricane that produces heavy rainfall along its path.
• September 5, 1797 – A sloop is lost in Currituck Sound during a storm.