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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Waycross, GA

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Waycross. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 29856
2024Debby AugTropical storm5821
2023Idalia AugCategory 19218
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5228
2016Hermine SepTropical storm6327
2016Julia SepTropical storm4648
2016Colin JunTropical storm5238
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4629
2007Barry JunTropical storm4050
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4027
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5213
2000Gordon SepTropical storm4011
1996Josephine OctTropical storm5822
1995Allison JunTropical storm4646
1985Kate NovCategory 17551
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4626
1972Alpha MayTropical storm5839
1970Alma MayTropical storm4022
1968Abby JunTropical storm5835
1966Alma JunTropical storm5816
1964Dora SepTropical storm6953
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6316
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4618
1950King OctTropical storm6357
1950Love OctTropical storm404

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s04
1970s03
1980s10
1990s02
2000s04
2010s04
2020s22

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 Waycross 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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