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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Avon Park, FL

Hurricanes

10

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

8

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Avon Park. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 210924
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6925
2022Ian SepCategory 413812
2017Irma SepCategory 19228
2017Emily JulTropical storm527
2016Julia SepTropical storm4057
2008Fay AugTropical storm6937
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4043
2004Frances SepCategory 19210
2004Jeanne SepCategory 21095
2004Charley AugCategory 414418
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6332
1995Erin AugCategory 18132
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4024
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5831
1988Keith NovTropical storm5815
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5214
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4031
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4018
1968Abby JunTropical storm584
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4018
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5853
1960Donna SepCategory 210920
1960Florence SepTropical storm586
1959Judith OctTropical storm5852
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6350
1953Hazel OctCategory 18134
1951How OctTropical storm5842
1950King OctCategory 19221
1950Easy SepTropical storm6956

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s24
1960s15
1970s00
1980s03
1990s12
2000s33
2010s12
2020s21

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 Avon Park 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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