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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Ridgeland, SC

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

23

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ridgeland. 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 August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4634
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6314
2022Colin JulTropical storm4025
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4655
2021Danny JunTropical storm4614
2016Matthew OctCategory 29835
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5810
2016Julia SepTropical storm4648
2016Colin JunTropical storm5251
2013Andrea JunTropical storm469
2012Beryl MayTropical storm407
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4041
1995Allison JunTropical storm4033
1988Chris AugTropical storm467
1985Kate NovTropical storm6320
1985Bob JulCategory 17520
1979David SepCategory 19211
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4614
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4054
1970Alma MayTropical storm4619
1966Alma JunTropical storm5219
1964Dora SepTropical storm6917
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5838
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6924
1959Gracie SepCategory 413219
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4037
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4641
1952Able AugCategory 29815

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s04
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 Ridgeland 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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