Hurricanes near Denmark, SC

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Denmark. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2023	Idalia Aug	Tropical storm	58	45
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	46	13
2018	Florence Sep	Tropical storm	52	20
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	58	50
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	43
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	40	58
2006	Alberto Jun	Tropical storm	40	19
1989	Hugo Sep	Category 2	109	50
1988	Chris Aug	Tropical storm	40	6
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	58	37
1985	Bob Jul	Tropical storm	69	28
1979	David Sep	Category 1	75	12
1976	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	46	48
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	40	21
1970	Alma May	Tropical storm	46	17
1964	Dora Sep	Tropical storm	69	41
1964	Cleo Aug	Tropical storm	46	51
1959	Gracie Sep	Category 3	121	19
1952	Able Aug	Category 1	86	17

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	0
1960s	0	2
1970s	1	3
1980s	1	3
1990s	0	0
2000s	0	1
2010s	0	4
2020s	0	2

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 Denmark 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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