Hurricanes that hit Henry County, Georgia: hurricane history

26 storms have passed within 50 km of Henry County from 1852 to 2022, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Henry County

The record holds 26 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Henry County, Georgia between 1852 and 2022. The busiest month is September, with 9 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength.

  • 26storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Henry County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1558%
Tropical storm1038%
Category 114%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Henry County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 4 in 1890s.1850s31870s21880s11890s41900s21910s21940s11950s31970s11990s32000s12020s3

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1852, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s3
1870s2
1880s1
1890s4
1900s2
1910s2
1940s1
1950s3
1970s1
1990s3
2000s1
2020s3

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 9 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun3Jul2Aug7Sep9Oct4Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun3
Jul2
Aug7
Sep9
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Henry County

  • Unnamed storm of October 1853 (North Atlantic)17 October 1853 to 23 October 1853, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of September 1882 (North Atlantic)1 September 1882 to 13 September 1882, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 949 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1893 (North Atlantic)27 September 1893 to 5 October 1893, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 948 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of July 1896 (North Atlantic)4 July 1896 to 12 July 1896, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1898 (North Atlantic)29 August 1898 to 2 September 1898, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt)

Most recent storms near Henry County

  • Nicole (2022)6 November 2022 to 11 November 2022, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 980 hPa
  • Fred (2021)9 August 2021 to 20 August 2021, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 991 hPa
  • Claudette (2021)17 June 2021 to 23 June 2021, Tropical depression (25 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,003 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

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