Hurricanes that hit Muscogee County, Georgia: hurricane history

34 storms have passed within 50 km of Muscogee 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 Muscogee County

The record holds 34 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Muscogee County, Georgia between 1852 and 2022. The busiest month is September, with 13 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength. 1 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 34storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 2at 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 Muscogee County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1544%
Tropical storm1647%
Category 126%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity13%

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

Muscogee County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1880s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1950s1970s2000s2020s

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
1850s2
1860s1
1870s2
1880s5
1890s3
1900s2
1910s1
1920s2
1950s4
1960s1
1970s1
1990s2
2000s4
2010s1
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 13 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun5Jul5Aug6Sep13Oct4Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun5
Jul5
Aug6
Sep13
Oct4
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Muscogee County

  • Unnamed storm of September 1882 (North Atlantic)1 September 1882 to 13 September 1882, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 949 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1898 (North Atlantic)25 September 1898 to 6 October 1898, Category 1 (65 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 938 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of July 1896 (North Atlantic)4 July 1896 to 12 July 1896, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1881 (North Atlantic)21 August 1881 to 30 August 1881, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 970 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1889 (North Atlantic)12 September 1889 to 26 September 1889, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt)

Most recent storms near Muscogee 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, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 991 hPa
  • Sally (2020)11 September 2020 to 18 September 2020, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 967 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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