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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Darlington, SC

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Darlington. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in July.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2025Chantal JulTropical storm4644
2024Debby AugTropical storm4619
2022Ian OctCategory 17533
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5223
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4626
2018Florence SepTropical storm6948
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4620
2004Gaston AugTropical storm5228
1989Hugo SepCategory 19247
1985Kate NovTropical storm5256
1985Bob JulTropical storm5840
1979David SepTropical storm5848
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4010
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4017
1970Alma MayTropical storm4612
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5211
1952Able AugTropical storm5256
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm5222

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s00
1970s04
1980s12
1990s00
2000s01
2010s02
2020s14

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 Darlington 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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