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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Boca Raton, FL

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Boca Raton. 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
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6941
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4053
2005Wilma OctCategory 311531
2005Katrina AugCategory 18124
2004Frances SepCategory 210954
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312156
1999Irene OctCategory 17522
1999Harvey SepTropical storm524
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6338
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4021
1985Bob JulTropical storm4647
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5817
1979David SepCategory 29824
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4016
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6326
1964Isbell OctCategory 29825
1964Cleo AugCategory 21098
1960Florence SepTropical storm5833
1959Judith OctTropical storm5250
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6335
1953Unnamed OctTropical storm4057
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6322
1950King OctCategory 413227

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s14
1960s21
1970s12
1980s02
1990s13
2000s41
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 Boca Raton 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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