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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Pooler, GA

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

24

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Pooler. 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 June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5211
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6317
2022Colin JulTropical storm4044
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5252
2021Danny JunTropical storm4038
2016Matthew OctCategory 29844
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5815
2016Julia SepTropical storm4637
2016Colin JunTropical storm5245
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4613
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4011
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4039
1995Allison JunTropical storm4041
1988Chris AugTropical storm5219
1985Kate NovTropical storm6331
1985Bob JulCategory 17544
1979David SepCategory 1928
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4624
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4651
1970Alma MayTropical storm4611
1968Abby JunTropical storm4644
1966Alma JunTropical storm525
1964Dora SepTropical storm6929
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5811
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6915
1959Gracie SepCategory 413247
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4018
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4026
1952Able AugCategory 29841

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s05
1970s13
1980s12
1990s01
2000s01
2010s15
2020s05

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 Pooler 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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