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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Alma, GA

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Alma. 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 29847
2024Debby AugTropical storm5241
2023Idalia AugCategory 1863
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5213
2016Hermine SepTropical storm634
2016Julia SepTropical storm4660
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4649
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4010
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4625
1998Earl SepTropical storm5243
1996Josephine OctTropical storm5844
1995Allison JunTropical storm4626
1985Kate NovCategory 17529
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4647
1970Alma MayTropical storm4038
1968Abby JunTropical storm5236
1966Alma JunTropical storm589
1964Dora SepTropical storm6929
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6333
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4611
1956Flossy SepTropical storm4043

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s04
1970s02
1980s10
1990s03
2000s02
2010s03
2020s22

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 Alma 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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