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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Apalachicola, FL

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Hurricanes

8

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Apalachicola. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Michael in 2018. The strongest was Michael in 2018, with winds near 161 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Mindy SepTropical storm587
2021Fred AugTropical storm6324
2018Michael OctCategory 516136
2018Alberto MayTropical storm5854
2016Hermine SepCategory 18135
2016Colin JunTropical storm5244
2012Debby JunTropical storm5250
2009Claudette AugTropical storm5833
2008Fay AugTropical storm5212
2006Alberto JunTropical storm5856
2004Bonnie AugTropical storm525
1998Earl SepCategory 18147
1996Josephine OctTropical storm6942
1995Erin AugCategory 18147
1995Allison JunTropical storm6920
1994Beryl AugTropical storm5836
1985Kate NovCategory 29830
1985Elena SepCategory 312745
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4632
1972Agnes JunCategory 17543
1970Becky JulTropical storm5217
1966Alma JunCategory 29831
1964Dora SepTropical storm5258
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm5223
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4059
1953Alice JunTropical storm5854

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s11
1970s12
1980s20
1990s23
2000s04
2010s23
2020s02

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 Apalachicola 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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