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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Baxley, GA

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Baxley. 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 86 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 18652
2024Debby AugTropical storm5245
2023Idalia AugCategory 1758
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5212
2016Hermine SepTropical storm585
2016Julia SepTropical storm4659
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4651
2006Alberto JunTropical storm409
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4642
1998Earl SepTropical storm5236
1995Allison JunTropical storm4019
1985Kate NovCategory 17519
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4657
1970Alma MayTropical storm4038
1968Abby JunTropical storm5224
1966Alma JunTropical storm5216
1964Dora SepTropical storm6919
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5857
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6337
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4612

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s05
1970s02
1980s10
1990s02
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 Baxley 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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