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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Summerville, SC

Hurricanes

10

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Summerville. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5830
2023Idalia AugTropical storm584
2022Ian SepCategory 18159
2022Colin JulTropical storm4013
2021Danny JunTropical storm4651
2020Bertha MayTropical storm5223
2018Florence SepTropical storm6341
2016Matthew OctCategory 29833
2016Hermine SepTropical storm581
2016Colin JunTropical storm5252
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4618
2012Beryl MayTropical storm469
2004Charley AugCategory 18143
2004Gaston AugCategory 17534
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4031
1989Hugo SepCategory 413813
1988Chris AugTropical storm4053
1985Kate NovTropical storm5812
1985Bob JulCategory 17531
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5847
1979David SepCategory 17547
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4613
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4010
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4057
1970Alma MayTropical storm4642
1966Alma JunTropical storm5838
1964Dora SepTropical storm6911
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6930
1959Gracie SepCategory 413231
1959Cindy JulCategory 17526
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4660
1952Able AugCategory 29837

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s31
1960s03
1970s14
1980s23
1990s00
2000s21
2010s15
2020s15

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 Summerville 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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