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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Brownsville, FL

Hurricanes

11

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Brownsville. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Wilma in 2005. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 167 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepTropical storm4016
2018Gordon SepTropical storm5257
2010Bonnie JulTropical storm4025
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4642
2005Wilma OctCategory 210953
2005Katrina AugCategory 1817
1999Irene OctCategory 18129
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5834
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4046
1992Andrew AugCategory 516722
1991Fabian OctTropical storm4650
1987Floyd OctCategory 17541
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5848
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4060
1979David SepCategory 29850
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4030
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6344
1966Inez OctCategory 29851
1965Betsy SepCategory 311555
1964Isbell OctCategory 29845
1964Cleo AugCategory 21099
1960Florence SepTropical storm4047
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6323
1953Unnamed OctTropical storm4047
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6334
1950King OctCategory 41322

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s41
1970s12
1980s12
1990s23
2000s21
2010s02
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 Brownsville 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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