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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Lakewood, SC

Hurricanes

2

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lakewood. 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 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4617
2023Idalia AugTropical storm5857
2022Colin JulTropical storm4060
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4623
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4045
2020Bertha MayTropical storm4610
2018Florence SepTropical storm6316
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5852
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4624
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4659
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4035
2004Gaston AugTropical storm6347
1989Hugo SepCategory 312712
1985Kate NovTropical storm5843
1985Bob JulTropical storm6314
1979David SepTropical storm6927
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4020
1972Agnes JunTropical storm404
1970Alma MayTropical storm465
1964Dora SepTropical storm6949
1959Gracie SepCategory 210433
1959Cindy JulTropical storm6310
1952Able AugTropical storm6930

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s01
1970s04
1980s12
1990s00
2000s02
2010s04
2020s06

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 Lakewood 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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