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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Beaufort, SC

Hurricanes

6

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

24

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Beaufort. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5235
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6320
2022Colin JulTropical storm4014
2021Danny JunTropical storm464
2016Matthew OctCategory 29828
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5813
2016Julia SepTropical storm4645
2016Colin JunTropical storm5243
2013Andrea JunTropical storm468
2012Beryl MayTropical storm405
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4030
1995Allison JunTropical storm4041
1989Hugo SepCategory 413858
1988Chris AugTropical storm4617
1985Kate NovTropical storm5828
1985Bob JulCategory 1759
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5250
1979David SepCategory 18622
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm463
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4042
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4659
1970Alma MayTropical storm4629
1966Alma JunTropical storm5813
1964Dora SepTropical storm6923
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5249
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6920
1959Gracie SepCategory 41328
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4032
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4636
1952Able AugCategory 2984

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s04
1970s14
1980s23
1990s01
2000s01
2010s15
2020s04

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 Beaufort 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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