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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Abbeville, GA

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Abbeville. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 29810
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6958
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5248
2018Michael OctCategory 18132
2017Irma SepTropical storm4655
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5851
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4049
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4037
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm4023
1998Earl SepTropical storm5212
1995Allison JunTropical storm4633
1985Kate NovCategory 18124
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm4649
1964Dora SepTropical storm6922
1956Flossy SepTropical storm469
1950King OctTropical storm5257

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s02
1970s00
1980s10
1990s02
2000s03
2010s12
2020s12

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Abbeville at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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