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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Irmo, SC

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Irmo. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, 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 storm4659
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4629
2018Michael OctTropical storm5221
2018Florence SepTropical storm5235
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4017
1989Hugo SepCategory 19228
1985Bob JulTropical storm5836
1979David SepTropical storm6325
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4032
1970Alma MayTropical storm4646
1959Gracie SepCategory 19210
1952Able AugTropical storm6918

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s00
1970s03
1980s11
1990s00
2000s01
2010s02
2020s02

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 Irmo 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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