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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Thunderbolt, GA

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

26

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 26 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Thunderbolt. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Gracie in 1959, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm524
2023Idalia AugTropical storm6329
2022Colin JulTropical storm4032
2021Danny JunTropical storm4032
2020Eta NovTropical storm4651
2016Matthew OctCategory 210431
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5827
2016Julia SepTropical storm4625
2016Colin JunTropical storm5236
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4612
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4020
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4026
1995Allison JunTropical storm4053
1988Chris AugTropical storm529
1985Kate NovTropical storm6342
1985Bob JulCategory 17532
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5260
1981Dennis AugTropical storm5251
1979David SepCategory 1926
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4611
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4641
1970Alma MayTropical storm4623
1968Abby JunTropical storm4654
1966Alma JunTropical storm526
1964Dora SepTropical storm6939
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5821
1960Brenda JulTropical storm698
1959Gracie SepCategory 413241
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4011
1954Unnamed JulTropical storm4616
1952Able AugCategory 29830

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s05
1970s13
1980s14
1990s01
2000s01
2010s15
2020s05

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 Thunderbolt 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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