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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Graniteville, SC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

8

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Graniteville. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Gracie in 1959. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4633
2018Michael OctTropical storm5823
2018Florence SepTropical storm4615
1979David SepTropical storm6953
1970Alma MayTropical storm4660
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm4019
1964Cleo AugTropical storm4615
1959Gracie SepCategory 18653
1952Able AugTropical storm6955

By decade

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

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 Graniteville 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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