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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Laurel Bay, SC

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

23

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Laurel Bay. That's a hurricane about once every 15 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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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4634
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6318
2022Colin JulTropical storm4017
2021Danny JunTropical storm467
2016Matthew OctCategory 29830
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5811
2016Julia SepTropical storm4646
2016Colin JunTropical storm5245
2013Andrea JunTropical storm466
2012Beryl MayTropical storm403
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4034
1995Allison JunTropical storm4038
1988Chris AugTropical storm4613
1985Kate NovTropical storm5825
1985Bob JulCategory 17513
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5254
1979David SepCategory 19218
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm467
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4046
1970Alma MayTropical storm4626
1966Alma JunTropical storm5815
1964Dora SepTropical storm6921
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5245
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6922
1959Gracie SepCategory 413211
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4034
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4638
1952Able AugCategory 2988

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s04
1970s13
1980s13
1990s01
2000s01
2010s15
2020s04

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 Laurel Bay 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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