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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Big Coppitt Key, FL

Hurricanes

11

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Big Coppitt Key. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Donna in 1960, 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
2020Eta NovTropical storm6328
2017Irma SepCategory 413210
2012Isaac AugTropical storm5849
2008Fay AugTropical storm6310
2005Rita SepCategory 210445
2005Katrina AugCategory 29842
1999Irene OctCategory 1812
1998Georges SepCategory 210411
1994Gordon NovTropical storm521
1990Marco OctTropical storm5237
1987Floyd OctCategory 1755
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4022
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4025
1970Greta SepTropical storm4011
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4635
1966Inez OctCategory 2982
1966Unnamed JunTropical storm4653
1965Betsy SepCategory 311539
1964Isbell OctCategory 311539
1960Donna SepCategory 414447
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm5826
1950Easy SepCategory 18653

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s42
1970s02
1980s11
1990s22
2000s21
2010s11
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 Big Coppitt Key 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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