Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Hilton Head Island, SC

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Hilton Head Island. That's a hurricane about once every 13 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 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 Hilton Head Island at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.