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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Glennville, GA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Glennville. 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 September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5231
2023Idalia AugTropical storm693
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5224
2016Hermine SepTropical storm585
2016Julia SepTropical storm4651
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4639
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4026
1998Earl SepTropical storm4642
1995Allison JunTropical storm4025
1985Kate NovTropical storm6921
1979David SepCategory 19246
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4059
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4658
1970Alma MayTropical storm4622
1968Abby JunTropical storm523
1966Alma JunTropical storm5213
1964Dora SepTropical storm6920
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5830
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6331
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4018
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4056

By decade

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