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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Brunswick, GA

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

24

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Brunswick. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 109 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5223
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6960
2020Eta NovTropical storm4619
2016Matthew OctCategory 210951
2016Julia SepTropical storm464
2016Colin JunTropical storm522
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4616
2007Barry JunTropical storm403
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5240
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4042
1988Chris AugTropical storm5238
1985Isabel OctTropical storm4018
1985Bob JulCategory 17558
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5227
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6346
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4641
1979David SepCategory 29821
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4018
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4612
1972Alpha MayTropical storm6323
1970Alma MayTropical storm4028
1968Abby JunTropical storm6314
1966Alma JunTropical storm4649
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6310
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6332
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4044
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4053

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s04
1970s14
1980s15
1990s00
2000s03
2010s13
2020s03

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 Brunswick 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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