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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Newport, SC

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

8

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Newport. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4648
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4048
2018Michael OctTropical storm5217
1989Hugo SepCategory 18611
1985Bob JulTropical storm5236
1979David SepTropical storm5828
1959Gracie SepTropical storm6315
1952Able AugTropical storm5222
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4038

By decade

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