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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Aiken, SC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

9

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Aiken. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Gracie in 1959. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4628
2018Michael OctTropical storm5828
2018Florence SepTropical storm4613
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4021
1979David SepTropical storm6948
1970Alma MayTropical storm4655
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm4024
1964Cleo AugTropical storm4620
1959Gracie SepCategory 19249
1952Able AugTropical storm6951

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s02
1970s02
1980s00
1990s00
2000s01
2010s02
2020s01

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 Aiken 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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