Hurricane Helene
Sep 21, 1958 to Oct 4, 1958Peak 150 mph930 mb
Hurricane Helene passed within 50 miles of 14 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Dorchester County, SC, as a Category 4 on September 27, 1958.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Helene · 1958
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 4
- 150 mph, 130 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 930 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 14
- NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 41
- NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Carteret County | NC | 11.6 | Category 4 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 13.2 | Category 4 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 15.5 | Category 4 |
| Dare County | NC | 25.9 | Category 4 |
| Hyde County | NC | 26.4 | Category 4 |
| Pender County | NC | 28.1 | Category 4 |
| Onslow County | NC | 30.4 | Category 4 |
| Craven County | NC | 32.7 | Category 4 |
| Horry County | SC | 37.7 | Category 4 |
| Jones County | NC | 39.6 | Category 4 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 40.0 | Category 4 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 41.3 | Category 4 |
| Columbus County | NC | 42.4 | Category 4 |
| Charleston County | SC | 44.2 | Category 4 |
| Bladen County | NC | 51.0 | Category 4 |
| Duplin County | NC | 51.8 | Category 4 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 52.7 | Category 4 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 55.3 | Category 4 |
| Marion County | SC | 57.8 | Category 4 |
| Sampson County | NC | 58.6 | Category 4 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 63.1 | Category 4 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 63.9 | Category 4 |
| Florence County | SC | 67.5 | Category 4 |
| Lenoir County | NC | 70.4 | Category 4 |
| Washington County | NC | 74.6 | Category 4 |
| Pitt County | NC | 77.6 | Category 4 |
| Robeson County | NC | 79.8 | Category 4 |
| Dillon County | SC | 80.5 | Category 4 |
| Wayne County | NC | 83.4 | Category 4 |
| Cumberland County | NC | 83.5 | Category 4 |
| Currituck County | NC | 83.7 | Category 4 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 87.4 | Category 4 |
| Greene County | NC | 88.0 | Category 4 |
| Martin County | NC | 88.0 | Category 4 |
| Camden County | NC | 92.0 | Category 4 |
| Bertie County | NC | 93.9 | Category 4 |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 94.9 | Category 4 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 95.1 | Category 4 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 95.3 | Category 4 |
| Colleton County | SC | 96.4 | Category 4 |
| Chowan County | NC | 96.7 | Category 4 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.