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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Bluffton, SC

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

25

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bluffton. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5216
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6324
2022Colin JulTropical storm4025
2021Danny JunTropical storm4619
2020Eta NovTropical storm4656
2016Matthew OctCategory 29826
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5820
2016Julia SepTropical storm4632
2016Colin JunTropical storm5241
2013Andrea JunTropical storm464
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4013
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4029
1995Allison JunTropical storm4047
1988Chris AugTropical storm524
1985Kate NovTropical storm6335
1985Bob JulCategory 17524
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5251
1979David SepCategory 19212
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm468
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4054
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4650
1970Alma MayTropical storm4625
1966Alma JunTropical storm522
1964Dora SepTropical storm6931
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5831
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6911
1959Gracie SepCategory 413228
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4019
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4625
1952Able AugCategory 29820

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s04
1970s14
1980s13
1990s01
2000s01
2010s15
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 Bluffton 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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