Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near St. Simons, GA

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 23 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of St. Simons. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 109 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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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 St. Simons at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.