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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Chester, SC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

9

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Chester. 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 storm4652
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4654
2018Michael OctTropical storm529
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4040
1989Hugo SepCategory 18612
1985Bob JulTropical storm5841
1979David SepTropical storm5832
1959Gracie SepTropical storm696
1952Able AugTropical storm5825
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4056

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s00
1970s01
1980s11
1990s00
2000s01
2010s01
2020s02

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 Chester 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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