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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Cheraw, SC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cheraw. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4620
2022Ian OctTropical storm6326
2021Elsa JulTropical storm527
2021Claudette JunTropical storm467
2018Michael OctTropical storm5246
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4638
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4039
1989Hugo SepCategory 18656
1985Bob JulTropical storm5834
1979David SepTropical storm5841
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4024
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4043
1970Alma MayTropical storm467
1952Able AugTropical storm5248
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4611

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s00
1970s04
1980s11
1990s00
2000s01
2010s02
2020s04

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 Cheraw 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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