NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Suwanee, 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
16 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Suwanee, Georgia since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Helene in 2024. Since 1950, 88 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 16
- Tornadoes
- 88
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
19 deaths in all
What the records show for Suwanee
None of the 16 tropical systems was at hurricane strength as it passed Suwanee; the strongest was Zeta in 2020, a tropical storm with 56 mph winds when its centre passed 52 miles away. The record near Suwanee begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Helene in 2024, a tropical storm 51 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 4 systems. Of the 16 systems, 2 have come since 2000. Of the 405 Georgia cities on this site, 67% have more tropical storms and hurricanes within 75 miles than Suwanee. The strongest of the 88 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on November 22, 1992; its path came within 22 miles. The deadliest, an F3 on March 20, 1998, killed 12 people. Of the 88, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 36 have come since 2000. April has had the most tornadoes, 20. The most recent tornado was on May 2, 2025. Suwanee has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 54% of the 405 Georgia cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 113 times since 1967, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Suwanee has more hail reports within 10 miles than 82% of the 405 Georgia cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Suwanee
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | HeleneSep 27 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1975 | EloiseSep 23 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormSep 5 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJun 14 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 23 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 15 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 11 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormSep 28 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormOct 3 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormJul 8 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 3 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 24 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 10 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 16 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormAug 27 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Suwanee: 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 Suwanee
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s14
- 2000s15
- 1990s13(2 EF3+)
- 1980s10
- 1970s14(3 EF3+)
- 1960s6(1 EF3+)
- 1950s9
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 1992 | F4 | 22 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 46 |
| Mar 20, 1998 | F3 | 25 mi | 4 mi | 12 / 171 |
| Mar 24, 1975 | F3 | 18 mi | 14.8 mi | 3 / 152 |
| Dec 13, 1973 | F3 | 21 mi | 9.5 mi | 0 / 21 |
| Apr 2, 1970 | F3 | 14 mi | 6.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 21, 1962 | F3 | 21 mi | 10 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 31, 1973 | F2 | 25 mi | 72.4 mi | 2 / 100 |
| Apr 8, 1998 | F2 | 4 mi | 19 mi | 1 / 10 |
| Jun 27, 1994 | F2 | 12 mi | 8 mi | 1 / 0 |
| Nov 30, 2010 | EF2 | 7 mi | 2.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 8, 1998 | F2 | 23 mi | 3.5 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Apr 4, 1989 | F2 | 9 mi | 3.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 88, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Suwanee
The Storm Prediction Center has 113 hail reports within 10 miles of Suwanee since 1967, made on 85 separate days. Of these, 64 were 1 inch across or larger, and 4 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 2.75 inches (baseball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 7, 1998. The most recent report is from April 10, 2025. April has the most reports, 28.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Suwanee
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Cumming 2N, GA, 13 miles north of Suwanee at 1,140 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 51°F and 31°F. January is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and September and October the driest at 4.0 inches; the year adds up to 56.4 inches over 87 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 48% of the year's precipitation (26.9 of 56.4 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 16 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (9); a normal September there has highs of 82°F and 4.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 32 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 67 nights a year. Snowfall averages 0.6 inches a year, most of it in March. That 56.4 inches is more than at 90 of the 108 Georgia stations used on this site (83%). Duluth, 6 miles southwest, has its own station (Atlanta Peachtree Airport, GA): 51.5 inches a year, 4.9 less than here, and the same July average high, 89°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51 | 31 | 5.4 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Feb | 56 | 33 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Mar | 63 | 40 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.3 |
| Apr | 72 | 46 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| May | 79 | 56 | 4.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 85 | 64 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 89 | 67 | 4.9 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 88 | 67 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 82 | 60 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 73 | 49 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 63 | 39 | 4.4 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Dec | 54 | 34 | 5.2 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Year | 71 | 49 | 56.4 | 87 | 0.6 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Cumming 2N, GA (1,140 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Suwanee
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 230 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Suwanee: 153 thunderstorm wind reports, 48 lightning strikes, 25 flash floods, 3 floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 1 person and injured 7, and the NWS estimated $30.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 105 mph, on April 4, 2007. May has had the most flash floods, 5 of 25. Of the 392 Georgia cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 334 have had fewer than Suwanee.
November 16, 2011: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Suwanee — 1 killed, $20,000 damage.
June 15, 2010: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Suwanee — 3 injured.
April 4, 2007: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Suwanee — 1 injured, $1.0 million damage.
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
Flood insurance policyholders in Suwanee's ZIP code 30024 have filed 20 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 2003, and were paid $462,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 45% 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, 40 have fewer than Suwanee.
Gwinnett County, which includes Suwanee, has been named in 15 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1977, 6 of them major disasters (by incident: 4 hurricanes, 3 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tropical storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic, on March 29, 2020. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Gwinnett County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, hail, inland flooding and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for heat waves; Relatively Low for hurricanes. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $211.5 million a year, the 3rd highest of 159 Georgia counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $144.9 million (68%), is from inland flooding.
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.