NHC AL081963 · Atlantic basin
Hurricane Ginny (1963)
October 17, 1963 – October 30, 1963
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Hurricane Ginny peaked at Category 2 with 109 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 19 US cities, 19 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Ginny in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Ginny from October 17, 1963 to October 30, 1963; its peak was 109 mph (Category 2). Its centre passed within 75 miles of 19 US cities, in 3 states, most in South Carolina (13) and North Carolina (5). The strongest pass was 92 mph (Category 1) 66 miles from Edisto Island, SC; the centre came closest to Isle Of Palms, SC, 64 miles away.
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- Cities within 75 mi
- 19
- At hurricane strength
- 19
- States
- 3
109 mph
when closest
Cities Ginny passed near, strongest first
South Carolina (13)
- Edisto IslandCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Wadmalaw IslandCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Saint Helena IslandCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Hilton Head IslandCategory 1 · 72 mi
- HollywoodCategory 1 · 74 mi
- Johns IslandCategory 1 · 69 mi
- CharlestonCategory 1 · 70 mi
- Sullivans IslandCategory 1 · 64 mi
- Mount PleasantCategory 1 · 69 mi
- Daniel IslandCategory 1 · 75 mi
- Isle Of PalmsCategory 1 · 64 mi
- AwendawCategory 1 · 71 mi
- Mc ClellanvilleCategory 1 · 73 mi
Georgia (1)
- Tybee IslandCategory 1 · 75 mi
North Carolina (5)
- Kure BeachCategory 1 · 66 mi
- Oak IslandCategory 1 · 67 mi
- SouthportCategory 1 · 68 mi
- Carolina BeachCategory 1 · 68 mi
- BoliviaCategory 1 · 74 mi
Other storms of the 1963 season
- Unnamed (AL101963)Tropical storm · 274 cities
- CindyTropical storm · 100 cities
- EdithCategory 2 · 19 cities
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.