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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Fort Stewart, GA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Stewart. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was David in 1979. The strongest was David in 1979, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5214
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6916
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5242
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5815
2016Julia SepTropical storm4636
2016Colin JunTropical storm5248
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4623
2007Barry JunTropical storm4026
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4054
1995Allison JunTropical storm4040
1988Chris AugTropical storm5243
1985Kate NovTropical storm6934
1979David SepCategory 19226
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4640
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4646
1970Alma MayTropical storm466
1968Abby JunTropical storm5220
1966Alma JunTropical storm462
1964Dora SepTropical storm6933
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5814
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6915
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm408
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4036

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s05
1970s13
1980s02
1990s01
2000s02
2010s04
2020s03

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 Fort Stewart 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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