Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Richmond Hill, GA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Savannah International Airport, GA, 17 miles north of Richmond Hill at 46 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 61°F and 40°F. June is the wettest at 6.7 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 2.4 inches; the year adds up to 48.3 inches over 70 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 59% of the year's precipitation (28.5 of 48.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 101 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (32); a normal September there has highs of 86°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 81 days a year, almost all from April to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 22 nights a year. That 48.3 inches is more than at 26 of the 108 Georgia stations used on this site (24%). Midway, 9 miles southwest, has its own station (Fort Stewart, GA): 51.0 inches a year, 2.7 more than here, and the same July average high, 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 149 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Richmond Hill: 134 thunderstorm wind reports, 13 flash floods, 1 flood and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $978,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 24, 2008. September has had the most flash floods, 6 of 13. Of the 392 Georgia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 242 have had fewer than Richmond Hill.

Flood insurance policyholders in Richmond Hill's ZIP code 31324 have filed 281 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $5.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Matthew in 2016: 46 claims (16% of all) and $1.2 million, then Hurricane Irma in 2017 with 32 and Hurricane Debby in 2024 with 28. The year with the most claims was 2024, with 78. 48% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 154 Georgia cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 141 have fewer than Richmond Hill.