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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Swainsboro, GA

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Swainsboro. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 75 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 17547
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6350
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5220
2018Michael OctTropical storm5847
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5850
1998Earl SepTropical storm4613
1995Allison JunTropical storm4026
1985Kate NovTropical storm6931
1968Abby JunTropical storm4014
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm4652
1964Dora SepTropical storm6930
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5232

By decade

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

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 Swainsboro 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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