| Year | Dates in S.C. |
Landfall Area |
Category | Storm Track Map | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | October 18-19 | Miami, FL | H-3 | King | The storm weakened over S.C. upper Piedmont; heavy rains and gale force winds |
| 1950 | October 25 | Cedar Key, FL | H | Love | The storm delivered moderate to heavy intermittent rain. |
| 1952 | August 30-31 | Beaufort, S.C. | H-1 | Able | The storm entered the coast of S.C. near Beaufort with 80-90 mph winds and excessive rains. Two storm-related deaths. |
| 1953 | Aug. 31-Sept.1 | Savannah, GA | T.S. | TS#3 | North-northeast across S.C. as a weak TS. |
| 1953 | September 20-21 | Cedar Key, FL | T.S. | TS#7 | Tracked across north Fla., East Ga., and offshore S.C. coast. Scattered rainfall, moderate winds. |
| 1953 | September 27 | Panama City, FL | H-1 | Florence | Northeast over Fla., Ga.; weakened to extratropical storm. Gale winds; heavy to excessive rainfall. |
| 1954 | October 15 | SC-NC State line | H-4 | Hazel | One of the most stongest hurricanes to hit South Carolina. One storm related death. Storm surge: 16.9 feet. $27-million damage. Moved northward off the coast of SC during the morning of the 15th with its center passing between 90 and miles east of Charleston at 8 AM and reaching the SC-NC border between 9-10 AM. |
| 1955 | August 11-12 | Cape Lookout, NC | H-3 | Connie | No hurricane force winds were reported. Rain squalls occurred over lower part of the State. Tides were 1-2 feet higher than normal along the coast. |
| 1955 | August 17 | Wilmington, NC | H-1 | Diane | Moved North-northwest into N.C.; heavy rains, high tides, $100,000 damage in S.C. |
| 1955 | September 18-19 | Morehead City, NC | H-3 | Ione | Moved northward off the SC coast and was about 150 miles east of Myrtle Beach. |
| 1956 | September 21-24 | Fort Walton Beach, FL | H-1 | Flossy | Flossy became extratropical on the 25th over Georgia and continued northeastward across eastern South Carolina, dropping heavy rain throughout its path and breaking a drought in the northeast. |
| 1958 | September 27 | none | H | Helene | Approached north-coastal area, curved northeast. Minor damage reported. |
| 1959 | May 31-Jun 3 | Week's Island, LA | T.S. | Arlene | Rain event. |
| 1959 | July 8-9 | McClellanville, SC | H-1 | Cindy | One storm related death. Gale force winds, high tides, heavy rains ( 10 inches in some areas) caused considerable flooding. During its movement inland in SC had never reached hurricane strength until it moved inland near the Bulls Bay-McClellanville area north of Charleston at 10 PM on the 8th. Highest reported winds were 60-65 mph. |
| 1959 | September 29 | St. Helena Is., SC | H-4 | Gracie | Landfall with 130 mph winds and a central pressure of 951 mb. The Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station recorded a gust of 138 mph. Six foot storm surge. Several fatalities reported. Excessive property damage along the coast. Heavy crop damage; moderate to heavy flooding from 6-8 inches of rainfall. NOAA's Hurricane Re-analysis Project researchers upgraded Hurricane Gracie from a Category 3 to a Category 4 hurricane in July 2016. |
