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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Lenox, GA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

73 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Lenox, Georgia since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Helene in 2024. Since 1950, 101 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
10

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
63

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
101

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

16 deaths in all

What the records show for Lenox

The strongest storm to pass near Lenox was Helene in 2024, a Category 1 hurricane with 93 mph winds when its centre passed 8 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1894, whose centre came within 8 miles. The record near Lenox begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Helene in 2024. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 8 systems. Of the 73 systems, 13 have come since 2000. Lenox has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 81% of the 405 Georgia cities on this site. The highest rating among the 101 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 3 times; the most recent, on January 22, 2017, came within 15 miles. Of the 101, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 39 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on September 25, 2024. Lenox has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 73% of the 405 Georgia cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 26 times since 1975, with stones up to 2.5 inches (tennis ball size). Of the 405 Georgia cities, 85% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Lenox.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Lenox

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Lenox, Georgia, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024HeleneSep 278 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 4
2024DebbyAug 566 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
2023IdaliaAug 3042 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 4
2021MindySep 961 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2021ElsaJul 733 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2019NestorOct 2025 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
2018MichaelOct 1156 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 5
2017IrmaSep 1119 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 5
2016HermineSep 221 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
2006AlbertoJun 1333 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2005TammyOct 639 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2004JeanneSep 2724 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 3
2004FrancesSep 669 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 4
1998EarlSep 321 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 2
1996JosephineOct 860 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1995AllisonJun 59 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 1
1985KateNov 2212 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 3
1976Unnamed 1976 stormMay 2366 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1972AlphaMay 2861 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1966AlmaJun 1027 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
1964HildaOct 527 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1964DoraSep 1220 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 2967 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1957Unnamed 1957 stormJun 931 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 1
1956FlossySep 2526 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 1
1953FlorenceSep 2715 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1950KingOct 1912 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 4
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2833 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 4
1947Unnamed 1947 stormOct 1511 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1947Unnamed 1947 stormOct 737 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1941Unnamed 1941 stormOct 732 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 3
1935Unnamed 1935 stormSep 530 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 5
1933Unnamed 1933 stormSep 624 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 1570 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 1
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 111 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 1065 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1926Unnamed 1926 stormJul 292 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 2933 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 1639 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 1
1919Unnamed 1919 stormOct 168 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1917Unnamed 1917 stormSep 2947 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 273 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1914Unnamed 1914 stormSep 1711 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1912Unnamed 1912 stormJul 16overheadTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1911Unnamed 1911 stormAug 2962 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1907Unnamed 1907 stormSep 295 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1907Unnamed 1907 stormJun 2930 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1523 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1901Unnamed 1901 stormSep 2850 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1901Unnamed 1901 stormSep 1871 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 1
1898Unnamed 1898 stormOct 246 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 4
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 98 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormJun 1661 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 964 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJul 16 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 2
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 2119 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 2
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1256 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1885Unnamed 1885 stormSep 2156 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 1
1885Unnamed 1885 stormAug 3133 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormOct 1174 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1881Unnamed 1881 stormAug 2849 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 1138 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 314 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormSep 2019 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1873Unnamed 1873 stormSep 1935 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1871Unnamed 1871 stormOct 638 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1871Unnamed 1871 stormAug 2667 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1871Unnamed 1871 stormAug 237 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 3
1868Unnamed 1868 stormOct 444 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 1
1860Unnamed 1860 stormAug 1329 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 3142 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 3
1852Unnamed 1852 stormOct 1011 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 2
1851Unnamed 1851 stormAug 2442 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Lenox: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Lenox

By decade

  • 2020s12
  • 2010s14(2 EF3+)
  • 2000s13
  • 1990s11
  • 1980s9
  • 1970s17
  • 1960s12
  • 1950s13(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Lenox, Georgia
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jan 22, 2017EF315 mi24.66 mi11 / 45
Mar 3, 2012EF323 mi10.45 mi0 / 0
May 11, 1952F313 mi4.3 mi0 / 10
Oct 1, 1989F225 mi10 mi2 / 12
Feb 14, 2000F29 mi6 mi1 / 0
Jan 12, 1975F223 mi168.5 mi1 / 33
Jan 22, 2023EF29 mi5.89 mi0 / 0
Dec 17, 2019EF220 mi20.31 mi0 / 0
Jan 22, 2017EF225 mi18.67 mi0 / 3
Mar 1, 2007EF222 mi2.93 mi0 / 0
Nov 12, 2002F222 mi3.1 mi0 / 2
Jun 22, 1970F28 mi0.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 101, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Lenox

The Storm Prediction Center has 26 hail reports within 10 miles of Lenox since 1975, made on 16 separate days. Of these, 20 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.5 inches (tennis ball size), fell on May 11, 2023. The most recent report is from April 27, 2025. May has the most reports, 9.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Lenox

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tifton, GA, 11 miles north of Lenox at 380 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 70°F; January is the coolest, at 59°F and 37°F. July is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and May the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 48.5 inches over 71 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (25.0 of 48.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 73 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (24); a normal September there has highs of 86°F and 4.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 74 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 30 nights a year. That 48.5 inches is more than at 29 of the 108 Georgia stations used on this site (27%). Adel, 11 miles south, has its own station (Moultrie 2 ESE, GA): 50.1 inches a year, 1.6 more than here, and the same July average high, 90°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Tifton, GA
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"
Jan59374.16
Feb64404.46
Mar69464.86
Apr75523.34
May84602.75
Jun88675.09
Jul90705.29
Aug89704.58
Sep86654.35
Oct77552.84
Nov68453.24
Dec63404.25
Year765448.571

Averages for 1991–2020 at Tifton, GA (380 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

Georgia weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Lenox

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 90 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Lenox: 78 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $389,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on December 10, 2004. Of the 392 Georgia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 150 have had fewer than Lenox.

  • June 18, 2009: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Lenox — $150,000 damage.

    NWS: “Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees along a line from Lenox to Adel. Several trees fell on houses.”

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Cook County, which includes Lenox, has been named in 18 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 10 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 hurricanes, 3 tropical storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 severe storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Helene, on September 30, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cook County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Low for tornadoes and strong wind; Very Low for hail, inland flooding and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $8.6 million a year, the 84th highest of 159 Georgia counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $3.4 million (40%), is from hurricanes.

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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