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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Statesboro, GA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Statesboro. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was David in 1979. The strongest was David in 1979, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4648
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6922
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5214
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5823
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4647
1998Earl SepTropical storm4616
1995Allison JunTropical storm408
1988Chris AugTropical storm4644
1985Kate NovTropical storm698
1979David SepCategory 18639
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4659
1970Alma MayTropical storm4627
1968Abby JunTropical storm4617
1966Alma JunTropical storm4639
1964Dora SepTropical storm698
1964Cleo AugTropical storm588
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6353
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4047

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s05
1970s12
1980s02
1990s02
2000s00
2010s02
2020s03

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 Statesboro 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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