Hurricane Helene made landfall late on the night of September 26, 2024, hitting Florida’s Big Bend region near Perry at about 11 p.m. local time (around 3:10 a.m. UTC on September 27, 2024).

Quick Scoop: When did Hurricane Helene hit?

Here’s the key timeline people usually mean when they ask “when did Hurricane Helene hit?” :

  • It formed as a tropical system in the western Caribbean on September 22–23, 2024.
  • It intensified into a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico by September 25, 2024.
  • It rapidly strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane on September 26, 2024.
  • It made its main U.S. landfall:
    • Where: Big Bend region of Florida, near Perry.
* **When (local time):** Late evening on **September 26, 2024** , around 11 p.m. Eastern.

* **When (official/UTC):** About **03:10 UTC on September 27, 2024**.

After landfall, Helene moved quickly inland into Georgia in the early hours of September 27 and then into the southern Appalachians later that day, causing catastrophic flooding in parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and nearby states.

So, in everyday terms: Hurricane Helene “hit” on the night of September 26, 2024, when it slammed into Florida’s Big Bend as a Category 4 storm.

TL;DR: Hurricane Helene officially struck land near Perry, Florida, late on September 26, 2024 (around 3:10 a.m. UTC on September 27), then raced inland and flooded parts of the southeastern U.S. over the next couple of days.

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