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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Mount Croghan, SC

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

55 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Mount Croghan, South Carolina since 1851, 4 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Debby in 2024. Since 1950, 56 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 5 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
4

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
51

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
56

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
5

4 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Mount Croghan

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Mount Croghan, South Carolina, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024DebbyAug 8overheadTropical storm (45 mph)Category 1
2022IanOct 144 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 5
2021ElsaJul 815 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
2021ClaudetteJun 2110 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2019NestorOct 2026 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2018MichaelOct 1131 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 5
2013AndreaJun 754 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2006AlbertoJun 1416 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1998EarlSep 462 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1995AllisonJun 674 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 1
1989HugoSep 2238 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 5
1985BobJul 2514 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1979DavidSep 521 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 5
1976Unnamed 1976 stormSep 1565 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1970AlmaMay 2622 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1965Unnamed 1965 stormJun 1613 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1959GracieSep 3054 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 4
1959CindyJul 971 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1956FlossySep 2673 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1952AbleAug 3128 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 2
1952Unnamed 1952 stormAug 2817 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1947Unnamed 1947 stormSep 2461 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1945Unnamed 1945 stormSep 1828 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2030 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1935Unnamed 1935 stormSep 517 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 5
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 214 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1927Unnamed 1927 stormOct 329 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3071 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1920Unnamed 1920 stormSep 2372 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 1450 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 355 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1913Unnamed 1913 stormOct 1029 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1912Unnamed 1912 stormJun 144 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1906Unnamed 1906 stormSep 1859 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1444 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1612 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1901Unnamed 1901 stormJul 1346 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1899Unnamed 1899 stormOct 3173 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 2
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 2926 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 418 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2827 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 3
1889Unnamed 1889 stormSep 2426 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 2
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1016 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJul 141 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 2
1886Unnamed 1886 stormJun 2252 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 125 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1151 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormSep 1214 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 422 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
1867Unnamed 1867 stormJun 2362 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1859Unnamed 1859 stormSep 1744 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormSep 162 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1854Unnamed 1854 stormSep 918 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 3
1852Unnamed 1852 stormOct 1066 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1851Unnamed 1851 stormAug 2549 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Mount Croghan: 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 Mount Croghan

By decade

  • 2020s3
  • 2010s5
  • 2000s11
  • 1990s10(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s12(2 EF3+)
  • 1970s10
  • 1960s4(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s1(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Mount Croghan, South Carolina
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 8, 1957F42 mi121.4 mi4 / 70
Mar 28, 1984F419 mi4 mi0 / 36
Mar 28, 1984F422 mi7 mi0 / 24
Oct 18, 1990F324 mi12 mi0 / 2
Apr 18, 1969F321 mi77.3 mi0 / 3
Apr 13, 2020EF220 mi0.19 mi0 / 0
Jan 11, 2020EF224 mi0.55 mi0 / 0
Sep 7, 2004F213 mi7 mi0 / 5
Mar 28, 1984F211 mi2 mi0 / 0
Mar 6, 1983F224 mi2 mi0 / 9
May 15, 1976F215 mi12.8 mi0 / 4
Mar 24, 1975F219 mi30.6 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 56, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Mount Croghan while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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