Hurricanes near Georgetown, SC

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Georgetown. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Helene in 1958, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2025	Chantal Jul	Tropical storm	58	20
2024	Debby Aug	Tropical storm	58	28
2023	Idalia Aug	Tropical storm	58	3
2022	Ian Sep	Category 1	81	7
2022	Colin Jul	Tropical storm	40	7
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	92	26
2020	Bertha May	Tropical storm	52	35
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	109	50
2018	Florence Sep	Category 1	75	20
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	92	7
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	58	15
2016	Colin Jun	Tropical storm	52	42
2015	Ana May	Tropical storm	52	39
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	47
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	11
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	69	28
2006	Ernesto Aug	Tropical storm	69	51
2004	Charley Aug	Category 1	81	10
2004	Gaston Aug	Category 1	75	19
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	40	8
1989	Hugo Sep	Category 4	138	46
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	20
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	42
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	58	21
1976	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	50
1976	Dottie Aug	Tropical storm	40	42
1972	Unnamed Jul	Tropical storm	40	28
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	40	56
1967	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	40	47
1966	Alma Jun	Tropical storm	63	43
1964	Dora Sep	Tropical storm	69	14
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	69	15
1959	Cindy Jul	Category 1	75	31
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	150	49
1956	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	58	57
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 4	132	37
1952	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	40

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	3	2
1960s	0	4
1970s	0	4
1980s	1	3
1990s	0	0
2000s	2	3
2010s	3	5
2020s	2	5

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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