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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Forest Acres, SC

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Forest Acres. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4648
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4615
2018Michael OctTropical storm5233
2018Florence SepTropical storm5230
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4658
2006Alberto JunTropical storm404
1989Hugo SepCategory 29822
1985Bob JulTropical storm6325
1979David SepTropical storm6911
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4058
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4024
1970Alma MayTropical storm4633
1959Gracie SepCategory 1924
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4039
1952Able AugTropical storm696

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s04
1980s11
1990s00
2000s01
2010s03
2020s02

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 Forest Acres 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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