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HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS
AFFECTING SOUTH CAROLINA 1870-1879



Year Dates
in S.C.
Landfall
Area
Category Storm Track Map Comments
1871 August 18 Cape Canaveral, FL H Track Moved northward along coast, out to sea south of Wilmington, NC.
1871 October 6 Apalachicola, FL H Track Moved northeastward to SC coast and out to sea.
1872 October 24 Cedar Key, FL H Track Moved out to sea near Jacksonville, FL., second landfall south of Wilmington, NC
1873 September 19 Apalachicola, FL HTrack Moved out to sea about Savannah, GA., and northeast along coast.
1874 September 28Cedar Key, FL H Track Moved out to sea near Jacksonville, Fla., second landfall south of Wilmington, N.C.
1877 October 3Panama City, FL HTrack Moved across South Carolina midlands; out to sea at about Norfolk, VA
1878 September 12 Beaufort, S.C. H Track Moved directly north through S.C.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1870-1879.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1880-1889.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1890-1899.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1900-1909.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1910-1919.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1920-1929.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1930-1939.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1940-1949.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1950-1959.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1960-1969.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1970-1979.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1980-1989.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 1990-1999.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 2000-2009.

Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 2010-2019.

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