Hurricanes that hit Camden County, Georgia: hurricane history

75 storms have passed within 50 km of Camden County from 1853 to 2024, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Camden County

The record holds 75 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Camden County, Georgia between 1853 and 2024. The busiest month is September, with 26 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 75storms within 50 km
  • 2major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 10at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Camden County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1317%
Tropical storm5067%
Category 157%
Category 234%
Category 311%
Category 411%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity23%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Camden County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 9 in 1910s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1853, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s3
1860s3
1870s7
1880s7
1890s4
1900s3
1910s9
1920s2
1930s1
1940s5
1950s2
1960s3
1970s7
1980s5
1990s3
2000s5
2010s3
2020s3

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 26 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun9Jul4Aug10Sep26Oct19Nov3Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun9
Jul4
Aug10
Sep26
Oct19
Nov3
Dec0

Strongest storms near Camden County

  • Unnamed storm of September 1898 (North Atlantic)25 September 1898 to 6 October 1898, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 938 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1896 (North Atlantic)22 September 1896 to 30 September 1896, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 960 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1888 (North Atlantic)8 October 1888 to 12 October 1888, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 970 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1853 (North Atlantic)17 October 1853 to 23 October 1853, peak Category 2 (90 kt)
  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa

Most recent storms near Camden County

  • Debby (2024)2 August 2024 to 10 August 2024, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 980 hPa
  • Mindy (2021)8 September 2021 to 10 September 2021, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 1,001 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Camden County

  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa
  • Easy (1950)1 September 1950 to 9 September 1950, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 960 hPa

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