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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Burton, 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 Burton. 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 storm5233
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6321
2022Colin JulTropical storm4014
2021Danny JunTropical storm463
2020Eta NovTropical storm4660
2016Matthew OctCategory 29826
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5814
2016Julia SepTropical storm4643
2016Colin JunTropical storm5242
2013Andrea JunTropical storm469
2012Beryl MayTropical storm406
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4030
1995Allison JunTropical storm4042
1988Chris AugTropical storm4615
1985Kate NovTropical storm5829
1985Bob JulCategory 17510
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5250
1979David SepCategory 19222
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm465
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4043
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4658
1970Alma MayTropical storm4629
1966Alma JunTropical storm5811
1964Dora SepTropical storm6924
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5247
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6919
1959Gracie SepCategory 413210
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4030
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4635
1952Able AugCategory 2986

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 Burton 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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