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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Georgetown, GA

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

26

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Georgetown. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm524
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6325
2022Colin JulTropical storm4043
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4657
2021Danny JunTropical storm4042
2020Eta NovTropical storm4655
2016Matthew OctCategory 210441
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5822
2016Julia SepTropical storm4629
2016Colin JunTropical storm5237
2013Andrea JunTropical storm465
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4018
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4034
1995Allison JunTropical storm4048
1988Chris AugTropical storm5219
1985Kate NovTropical storm6339
1985Bob JulCategory 17543
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5258
1979David SepCategory 1925
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4620
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4642
1970Alma MayTropical storm4615
1968Abby JunTropical storm4643
1966Alma JunTropical storm524
1964Dora SepTropical storm6938
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5810
1960Brenda JulTropical storm698
1959Gracie SepCategory 413251
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm409
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4018
1952Able AugCategory 29842

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s05
1970s13
1980s13
1990s01
2000s01
2010s15
2020s06

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 Georgetown 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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