Hurricanes near Ashford, AL

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Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ashford. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Michael in 2018. The strongest was Michael in 2018, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Fred Aug	Tropical storm	52	10
2018	Michael Oct	Category 4	144	27
2004	Frances Sep	Tropical storm	46	24
1998	Earl Sep	Tropical storm	69	41
1994	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	58	11
1994	Alberto Jul	Tropical storm	40	49
1985	Kate Nov	Category 1	92	55
1975	Eloise Sep	Category 2	109	51
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	58	26
1965	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	23
1964	Dora Sep	Tropical storm	52	32
1957	Debbie Sep	Tropical storm	40	10
1956	Flossy Sep	Category 1	75	20
1953	Florence Sep	Category 1	75	8
1953	Alice Jun	Tropical storm	40	17
1950	King Oct	Tropical storm	40	53

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	3
1960s	0	2
1970s	1	1
1980s	1	0
1990s	0	3
2000s	0	1
2010s	1	0
2020s	0	1

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 Ashford 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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