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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Savannah, GA

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

25

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Savannah. 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 storm522
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6326
2022Colin JulTropical storm4038
2021Danny JunTropical storm4038
2020Eta NovTropical storm4653
2016Matthew OctCategory 210437
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5824
2016Julia SepTropical storm4627
2016Colin JunTropical storm5236
2013Andrea JunTropical storm467
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4020
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4030
1995Allison JunTropical storm4050
1988Chris AugTropical storm5215
1985Kate NovTropical storm6340
1985Bob JulCategory 17538
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5255
1979David SepCategory 1920
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4616
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4643
1970Alma MayTropical storm4619
1968Abby JunTropical storm4648
1966Alma JunTropical storm527
1964Dora SepTropical storm6938
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5814
1960Brenda JulTropical storm696
1959Gracie SepCategory 413247
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4012
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4017
1952Able AugCategory 29837

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s05
1970s13
1980s13
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 Savannah 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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