Hurricane (Typhoon) in Georgia
Every hurricane (typhoon) event the National Weather Service has filed in Georgia, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hurricane (typhoon) episodes in Georgia.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 349
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 91
- Damage
- $6.3 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 25 to 27, 2024Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph and a minimum central pressure of 938 mb (27.70 inches) at about 11:10 PM EDT on Thursday, September 26th, in Taylor County Florida just east of the Aucilla River.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 26 to 27, 2024Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the Big Bend region of Florida at 11 PM EDT. Helene moved quickly inland bringing wind gusts between 50 and 100 mph to portions of east and central Georgia.
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 26 to 28, 2024Hurricane Helene made landfall as a category 4 with peak winds of near 140 mph in the Florida Big |Bend just east of the Aucilla River Entrance in Taylor County, late Thursday evening September 26, |2024.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Georgia, October 7 to 8, 2016Matthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Georgia, October 10, 2018Hurricane Michael started as typical weak October Caribbean tropical system. However, after approximately a week of slow development, the system moved into warm Gulf of Mexico waters and rapidly intensified into a major hurricane as it moved north towards the Florida Panhandle.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Georgia, August 30, 2023Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the morning of August 30th along the coast of Taylor County Florida near Keaton Beach at approximately 745 am EDT.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Georgia, October 10 to 11, 2018Hurricane Michael made landfall along the Florida panhandle at Mexico beach (just southeast of Panama City) on the afternoon of October 10, 2018 as a high-end Category 4 hurricane (max winds of 155 MPH).
- Hurricane in Georgia, July 9 to 11, 2005Hurricane Dennis came ashore along the central Gulf coast on July 10. The lowest sea-level pressure and peak wind gust recorded were 1007.5 mb and 42 mph, respectively, at Albany, GA. Heavy rainfall commenced July 10, and persisted into the early morning hours of July 11.
- Hurricane in Georgia, July 10 to 12, 2005Hurricane Dennis, which began as a tropical depression near the southern Windward Islands on July 4th quickly gained strength as it tracked west-northwest across the Caribbean.
- Hurricane in Georgia, August 29 to 30, 2005Hurricane Katrina, a horrific category 4 hurricane with winds of 140 mph made landfall just east of New Orleans around 8 am August 29th, continued north-northeast as a hurricane across eastern Mississippi during the day on the 29th, then moved into western and middle Tennessee…
- Hurricane in Georgia, September 14, 2007Hurricane Humberto was the only hurricane to strike the U.S. coastline during the 2007 hurricane season. The hurricane, which rapidly strenghted from a tropical storm off the upper Texas coast late on the 12th, moved inland near the Texas-Louisiana border early on the 13th.
- Hurricane in Georgia, September 15, 1999Hurricane Floyd approached from the south, but turned more northeast on the afternoon of the 15th and just brushed southeast Georgia. Well over 200,000 citizens in the affected counties evacuated the area.
- Hurricane in Georgia, July 11 to 12, 1996Hurricane Watch for Bertha and later a Warning for the Georgia Coast caused about 20,000 people to evacuate, primarily Chatham County. Bertha was far enough offshore so that it did not caused any significant damage.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.