1979 - Hurricane Frederick smashed into the Mobile Bay area of Alabama packing 132 mph winds. Winds gusts to 145 mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane moved over Dauphin Island AL, just west of Mobile. Frederick produced a fifteen foot storm surge near the mouth of Mobile Bay. The hurricane was the costliest in U.S. history causing 2.3 billion dollars damage.
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Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Northeast wind around 18 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 18 mph.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northeast wind 15 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind around 18 mph.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Northeast wind 14 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.
Folly River Bridge, Folly Island
(0.5 miles away)
Folly Island (outer coast)
(0.5 miles away)
Folly Creek, Hwy. 171 bridge
(1.5 miles away)
Fri's High Temperature
103 at Rio Grande Village, TX
Fri's Low Temperature
22 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Folly Beach is a public city on Folly Island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,617 at the 2010 census, up from 2,116 in 2000. Folly Beach is within the Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville metropolitan area and the Charleston-North Charleston Urbanized Areas.
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