Hurricane Ginny
Oct 17, 1963 to Oct 30, 1963Peak 109 mph948 mb
Hurricane Ginny came within 100 miles of 33 U.S. counties without passing within 50.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Ginny · 1963
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 109 mph, 95 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 948 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 0
- None
- Counties within 100 miles
- 33
- FL, GA, ME, NC, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Brunswick County | NC | 57.8 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 59.9 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 61.6 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 62.6 | Category 1 |
| Colleton County | SC | 63.4 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 68.3 | Category 1 |
| Berkeley County | SC | 69.9 | Category 1 |
| Carteret County | NC | 71.9 | Category 1 |
| Chatham County | GA | 74.1 | Category 1 |
| Dorchester County | SC | 76.9 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 77.1 | Category 1 |
| Jasper County | SC | 77.4 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | ME | 78.5 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 79.4 | Category 1 |
| Horry County | SC | 79.8 | Category 1 |
| Brevard County | FL | 81.6 | Category 1 |
| Volusia County | FL | 82.4 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 83.4 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 86.3 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 88.0 | Category 1 |
| Columbus County | NC | 88.3 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Bryan County | GA | 90.2 | Category 1 |
| Craven County | NC | 90.7 | Category 1 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 90.8 | Category 1 |
| Onslow County | NC | 91.0 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 91.7 | Category 1 |
| Glynn County | GA | 93.4 | Category 1 |
| Hampton County | SC | 95.0 | Category 1 |
| Effingham County | GA | 95.1 | Category 1 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 97.3 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | SC | 99.2 | Category 1 |
| Bladen County | NC | 99.7 | Category 1 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.