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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Waynesboro, GA

Hurricanes

0

None major

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 0 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Waynesboro. The strongest was David in 1979, with winds near 69 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm4624
2018Michael OctTropical storm5835
2018Florence SepTropical storm4046
1995Allison JunTropical storm4040
1988Chris AugTropical storm4053
1985Kate NovTropical storm6351
1979David SepTropical storm6959
1970Alma MayTropical storm4657
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm4036
1964Dora SepTropical storm6952
1964Cleo AugTropical storm463

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s00
1960s03
1970s02
1980s02
1990s01
2000s00
2010s02
2020s01

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 Waynesboro 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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