Hurricanes near Barnwell, SC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Barnwell. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was David in 1979. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Idalia Aug	Tropical storm	58	46
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	46	2
2018	Michael Oct	Tropical storm	52	56
2018	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	52	25
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	58	53
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	51
1995	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	40	27
1988	Chris Aug	Tropical storm	40	15
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	58	40
1985	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	69	40
1979	David Sep	Category 1	75	24
1976	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	58
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	40	22
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	46	27
1964	Dora Sep	Tropical storm	69	43
1964	Cleo Aug	Tropical storm	46	37
1959	Gracie Sep	Category 3	121	33
1952	Able Aug	Category 1	86	31

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	0
1960s	0	2
1970s	1	3
1980s	0	3
1990s	0	1
2000s	0	0
2010s	0	4
2020s	0	2

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 Barnwell 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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