Hurricanes that hit Troup County, Georgia: hurricane history

33 storms have passed within 50 km of Troup County from 1852 to 2022, 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 Troup County

The record holds 33 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Troup County, Georgia between 1852 and 2022. The busiest month is September, with 13 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 33storms within 50 km
  • 1major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 2at 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 Troup County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1648%
Tropical storm1442%
Category 113%
Category 200%
Category 313%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity13%

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

Troup County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in 1900s.1850s31870s21880s31890s31900s41910s21920s11940s11950s41970s21990s12000s22010s12020s4

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1852, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s3
1870s2
1880s3
1890s3
1900s4
1910s2
1920s1
1940s1
1950s4
1970s2
1990s1
2000s2
2010s1
2020s4

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 13 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun6Jul3Aug6Sep13Oct4Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun6
Jul3
Aug6
Sep13
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Troup County

  • Eloise (1975)13 September 1975 to 24 September 1975, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 950 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1853 (North Atlantic)17 October 1853 to 23 October 1853, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1881 (North Atlantic)21 August 1881 to 30 August 1881, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 970 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1893 (North Atlantic)27 September 1893 to 5 October 1893, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 948 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1915 (North Atlantic)31 August 1915 to 6 September 1915, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 982 hPa

Most recent storms near Troup County

  • Nicole (2022)6 November 2022 to 11 November 2022, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 980 hPa
  • Fred (2021)9 August 2021 to 20 August 2021, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 991 hPa
  • Claudette (2021)17 June 2021 to 23 June 2021, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,003 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 Troup County

  • Eloise (1975)13 September 1975 to 24 September 1975, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 950 hPa

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