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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Valdosta, GA

Hurricanes

6

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Valdosta. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 413211
2024Debby AugCategory 17535
2023Idalia AugCategory 210918
2021Mindy SepTropical storm469
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5812
2017Irma SepTropical storm5813
2016Hermine SepCategory 17510
2016Colin JunTropical storm5249
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4657
2006Alberto JunTropical storm468
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4638
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm4626
2000Gordon SepTropical storm4048
1998Earl SepTropical storm5251
1996Josephine OctTropical storm6930
1995Allison JunTropical storm5819
1985Kate NovCategory 18142
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4635
1972Alpha MayTropical storm4629
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4038
1966Alma JunCategory 1753
1964Dora SepTropical storm6352
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5841
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm522
1956Flossy SepTropical storm4657
1950King OctTropical storm695
1950Love OctTropical storm5232

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s04
1960s12
1970s03
1980s10
1990s03
2000s04
2010s13
2020s32

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 Valdosta 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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