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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Alachua, FL

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Alachua. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Debby in 2024. The strongest was Easy in 1950, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugCategory 18151
2022Nicole NovTropical storm4650
2020Eta NovTropical storm525
2017Irma SepTropical storm6918
2016Julia SepTropical storm5257
2016Colin JunTropical storm5240
2013Andrea JunTropical storm5828
2012Debby JunTropical storm4024
2012Beryl MayTropical storm5842
2008Fay AugTropical storm589
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm5829
2000Gordon SepTropical storm6329
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5227
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5833
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4654
1972Alpha MayTropical storm4657
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4648
1968Gladys OctCategory 19248
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4638
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm4656
1964Dora SepCategory 29816
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5246
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4053
1950King OctCategory 18114
1950Love OctTropical storm5848
1950Easy SepCategory 312142

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s03
1980s02
1990s00
2000s03
2010s06
2020s12

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Alachua at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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