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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Orangeburg, SC

Hurricanes

4

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Orangeburg. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4652
2023Idalia AugTropical storm5849
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4616
2020Bertha MayTropical storm4646
2018Florence SepTropical storm588
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5851
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4634
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4058
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4025
1989Hugo SepCategory 312133
1988Chris AugTropical storm4014
1985Kate NovTropical storm5840
1985Bob JulTropical storm6914
1979David SepCategory 1752
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4038
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4015
1970Alma MayTropical storm4610
1964Dora SepTropical storm6943
1959Gracie SepCategory 31211
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5246
1952Able AugCategory 1814

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s01
1970s13
1980s13
1990s00
2000s01
2010s04
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 Orangeburg 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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