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Hurricane history · South Carolina

Hurricanes near Walterboro, SC

Hurricanes

6

2 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 Walterboro. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Hugo in 1989, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm4659
2023Idalia AugTropical storm588
2022Colin JulTropical storm4030
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4647
2021Danny JunTropical storm4035
2020Bertha MayTropical storm5252
2018Florence SepTropical storm5248
2016Matthew OctCategory 29850
2016Hermine SepTropical storm5811
2013Andrea JunTropical storm465
2012Beryl MayTropical storm4621
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4048
1989Hugo SepCategory 413840
1988Chris AugTropical storm4626
1985Kate NovTropical storm583
1985Bob JulCategory 1751
1979David SepCategory 18120
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm4612
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4040
1972Agnes JunTropical storm4056
1970Alma MayTropical storm4619
1966Alma JunTropical storm5841
1964Dora SepTropical storm694
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6940
1959Gracie SepCategory 41321
1959Cindy JulTropical storm6955
1952Able AugCategory 2987

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s03
1970s14
1980s22
1990s00
2000s01
2010s14
2020s06

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 Walterboro 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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