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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Atlantic Beach, FL

Hurricanes

7

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Atlantic Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Eta NovTropical storm4621
2016Matthew OctCategory 311546
2016Julia SepTropical storm5215
2016Colin JunTropical storm5249
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4654
2012Beryl MayTropical storm6910
2007Barry JunTropical storm4026
2005Tammy OctTropical storm524
2004Charley AugCategory 18639
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4043
1988Chris AugTropical storm5244
1985Isabel OctTropical storm4614
1985Bob JulCategory 17554
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5215
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6319
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4636
1979David SepCategory 29827
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm403
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4657
1972Alpha MayTropical storm6332
1968Gladys OctCategory 18633
1968Abby JunTropical storm692
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4040
1964Dora SepCategory 210929
1964Cleo AugTropical storm636
1960Donna SepCategory 19245
1950Easy SepTropical storm4632

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s33
1970s13
1980s15
1990s00
2000s13
2010s14
2020s01

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 Atlantic Beach 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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