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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Bishopville, SC

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bishopville. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm466
2022Ian SepTropical storm6355
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5214
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4022
2020Bertha MayTropical storm409
2018Michael OctTropical storm5255
2018Florence SepTropical storm6343
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4635
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4020
2004Gaston AugTropical storm5247
1989Hugo SepCategory 210428
1985Bob JulTropical storm5819
1979David SepTropical storm6329
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4026
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4023
1970Alma MayTropical storm465
1959Gracie SepCategory 17546
1959Cindy JulTropical storm524
1952Able AugTropical storm6337
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4639

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s00
1970s04
1980s11
1990s00
2000s02
2010s03
2020s05

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 Bishopville 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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