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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Sterling, GA

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

25

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Sterling. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5214
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6950
2020Eta NovTropical storm4629
2016Matthew OctCategory 210456
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5851
2016Julia SepTropical storm464
2016Colin JunTropical storm5211
2013Andrea JunTropical storm467
2007Barry JunTropical storm4010
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5243
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4047
1988Chris AugTropical storm5243
1985Isabel OctTropical storm4014
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5237
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6354
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4648
1979David SepCategory 29824
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4625
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4611
1972Alpha MayTropical storm6332
1970Alma MayTropical storm4020
1968Abby JunTropical storm6312
1966Alma JunTropical storm5239
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6315
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6322
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4035
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4049

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s04
1970s14
1980s05
1990s00
2000s03
2010s14
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 Sterling 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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