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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Claxton, GA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Claxton. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was David in 1979. The strongest was David in 1979, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5239
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6913
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5218
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5812
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4645
1998Earl SepTropical storm4628
1995Allison JunTropical storm4015
1988Chris AugTropical storm4656
1985Kate NovTropical storm6913
1979David SepCategory 19245
1970Alma MayTropical storm4627
1968Abby JunTropical storm468
1966Alma JunTropical storm4626
1964Dora SepTropical storm6910
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5823
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6341
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4033
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4059

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s05
1970s11
1980s02
1990s02
2000s00
2010s02
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 Claxton 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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