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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Echols County, GA

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

23

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Echols County. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 312736
2024Debby AugCategory 17515
2023Idalia AugCategory 21097
2021Mindy SepTropical storm4010
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5816
2017Irma SepTropical storm5826
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6931
2016Colin JunTropical storm5228
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4634
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4616
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4616
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4636
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm4641
2000Gordon SepTropical storm4623
1996Josephine OctTropical storm699
1995Allison JunTropical storm5242
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4616
1972Alpha MayTropical storm5214
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4014
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm402
1966Alma JunTropical storm6925
1964Dora SepTropical storm6949
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5817
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4623
1950King OctCategory 17512
1950Love OctTropical storm527
1950Easy SepTropical storm4019

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s04
1970s03
1980s00
1990s02
2000s04
2010s05
2020s32

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 Echols County 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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