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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Folly Beach, SC

Hurricanes

11

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

26

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Folly Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5829
2023Idalia AugTropical storm5826
2022Ian SepCategory 18648
2022Colin JulTropical storm4012
2021Danny JunTropical storm4635
2020Eta NovTropical storm4649
2020Isaias AugCategory 19245
2020Bertha MayTropical storm5221
2019Dorian SepCategory 311556
2016Matthew OctCategory 2989
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5827
2016Julia SepTropical storm4653
2016Colin JunTropical storm5226
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4640
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4621
2008Hanna SepTropical storm6955
2004Charley AugCategory 18123
2004Gaston AugCategory 17528
2002Kyle OctTropical storm406
1989Hugo SepCategory 413813
1985Kate NovTropical storm5837
1985Bob JulCategory 17538
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5250
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6942
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5823
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4632
1976Dottie AugTropical storm402
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4651
1975Hallie OctTropical storm4653
1966Alma JunTropical storm5813
1964Dora SepTropical storm6934
1960Brenda JulTropical storm698
1959Gracie SepCategory 413228
1959Cindy JulCategory 17530
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4637
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4634
1952Able AugCategory 29843

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s32
1960s03
1970s04
1980s24
1990s00
2000s22
2010s25
2020s26

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 Folly Beach 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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