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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Sumter, SC

Hurricanes

2

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

19

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 19 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Sumter. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Hugo in 1989. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4617
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4618
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4037
2020Bertha MayTropical storm4612
2018Florence SepTropical storm6324
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5860
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4629
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4030
2004Gaston AugTropical storm5852
1989Hugo SepCategory 31218
1985Kate NovTropical storm5851
1985Bob JulTropical storm6313
1979David SepTropical storm6323
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4025
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4010
1970Alma MayTropical storm466
1964Dora SepTropical storm6956
1959Gracie SepCategory 19233
1959Cindy JulTropical storm589
1952Able AugTropical storm6928
1952Unnamed AugTropical storm4659

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s01
1970s04
1980s12
1990s00
2000s02
2010s03
2020s04

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 Sumter 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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