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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Bemiss, GA

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

23

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bemiss. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 312713
2024Debby AugTropical storm6938
2023Idalia AugCategory 210918
2021Mindy SepTropical storm4014
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5810
2017Irma SepTropical storm5817
2016Hermine SepCategory 1757
2016Colin JunTropical storm5252
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4658
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4010
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4632
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm4631
2000Gordon SepTropical storm4047
1998Earl SepTropical storm5249
1996Josephine OctTropical storm6933
1995Allison JunTropical storm5817
1985Kate NovCategory 18140
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4639
1972Alpha MayTropical storm4633
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4039
1966Alma JunTropical storm695
1964Dora SepTropical storm6347
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5841
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm526
1956Flossy SepTropical storm4655
1950King OctTropical storm696
1950Love OctTropical storm5232

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s04
1960s03
1970s03
1980s10
1990s03
2000s04
2010s13
2020s23

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 Bemiss 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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