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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Big Pine Key, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Big Pine Key. That's a hurricane about once every 8 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 October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Eta NovTropical storm6321
2018Gordon SepTropical storm5846
2017Irma SepCategory 41329
2008Fay AugTropical storm6329
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4650
2005Rita SepCategory 29856
2005Katrina AugCategory 19243
1999Irene OctCategory 18110
1998Georges SepCategory 210430
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5220
1991Fabian OctTropical storm4655
1990Marco OctTropical storm4656
1987Floyd OctCategory 1756
1981Dennis AugTropical storm404
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4030
1970Greta SepTropical storm4020
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4652
1966Inez OctCategory 2982
1965Betsy SepCategory 311529
1964Isbell OctCategory 210949
1960Donna SepCategory 414428
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5855
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm5828

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s41
1970s02
1980s11
1990s23
2000s22
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 Pine 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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