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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Port Wentworth, 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 Port Wentworth. 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 storm5215
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6315
2022Colin JulTropical storm4041
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4651
2021Danny JunTropical storm4033
2016Matthew OctCategory 29842
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5814
2016Julia SepTropical storm4639
2016Colin JunTropical storm5249
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4612
2012Beryl MayTropical storm407
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4040
1995Allison JunTropical storm4039
1988Chris AugTropical storm5215
1985Kate NovTropical storm6327
1985Bob JulCategory 17540
1979David SepCategory 1925
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4623
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4655
1970Alma MayTropical storm4611
1968Abby JunTropical storm4648
1966Alma JunTropical storm529
1964Dora SepTropical storm6925
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5816
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6919
1959Gracie SepCategory 413241
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4024
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4030
1952Able AugCategory 29836

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 Port Wentworth 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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