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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Belle Glade, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Belle Glade. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Wilma in 2005. The strongest was King in 1950, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Alex JunTropical storm4620
2008Fay AugTropical storm6933
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4017
2005Wilma OctCategory 311513
2005Katrina AugCategory 18159
2004Frances SepCategory 210444
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312142
1999Irene OctCategory 17519
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5833
1998Mitch NovTropical storm639
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4036
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5849
1985Bob JulTropical storm468
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5833
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4028
1979David SepCategory 29843
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4031
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm5854
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4052
1964Isbell OctCategory 29820
1964Cleo AugCategory 210420
1960Florence SepTropical storm5810
1959Judith OctTropical storm5820
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm631
1953Hazel OctCategory 17549
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6325
1951How OctTropical storm5838
1950King OctCategory 41326

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s24
1960s22
1970s12
1980s03
1990s14
2000s42
2010s00
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 Belle Glade 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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