Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Hanahan, SC

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Hanahan. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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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 Hanahan at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.