Hurricanes near Litchfield Beach, SC

Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 15 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Litchfield Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 5 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Helene in 1958, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2025	Chantal Jul	Tropical storm	58	9
2024	Debby Aug	Tropical storm	52	39
2023	Idalia Aug	Tropical storm	58	10
2022	Ian Sep	Category 1	81	6
2022	Colin Jul	Tropical storm	40	8
2020	Isaias Aug	Category 1	92	20
2020	Bertha May	Tropical storm	52	47
2019	Dorian Sep	Category 2	109	49
2018	Florence Sep	Category 1	81	19
2016	Matthew Oct	Category 1	86	4
2016	Hermine Sep	Tropical storm	58	10
2016	Colin Jun	Tropical storm	52	40
2015	Ana May	Tropical storm	52	27
2013	Andrea Jun	Tropical storm	46	52
2012	Beryl May	Tropical storm	46	5
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	69	19
2006	Ernesto Sep	Tropical storm	69	45
2004	Charley Aug	Category 1	81	6
2004	Gaston Aug	Category 1	75	28
2002	Kyle Oct	Tropical storm	40	7
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 2	104	55
1996	Bertha Jul	Category 2	104	56
1989	Hugo Sep	Category 4	132	58
1985	Kate Nov	Tropical storm	52	16
1984	Diana Sep	Category 1	75	59
1982	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	69	40
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	58	19
1976	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	40	56
1972	Unnamed Jul	Tropical storm	40	18
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	40	54
1967	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	40	39
1966	Alma Jun	Tropical storm	63	46
1964	Dora Sep	Tropical storm	69	10
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	104	57
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	69	13
1959	Cindy Jul	Category 1	75	43
1958	Helene Sep	Category 4	150	44
1956	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	58	53
1954	Hazel Oct	Category 4	132	28
1952	Unnamed Aug	Tropical storm	52	29

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	3	2
1960s	1	4
1970s	0	3
1980s	2	3
1990s	2	0
2000s	2	3
2010s	3	5
2020s	2	5

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 Litchfield Beach 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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