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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Cape Canaveral, FL

Hurricanes

12

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

25

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cape Canaveral. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 1816
2022Nicole NovCategory 17546
2022Ian SepCategory 1751
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6951
2016Matthew OctCategory 312732
2016Julia SepTropical storm5216
2008Fay AugTropical storm631
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm526
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5219
2004Charley AugCategory 18651
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm4620
1999Irene OctCategory 17539
1995Erin AugCategory 18639
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4055
1994Gordon NovTropical storm637
1988Keith NovTropical storm463
1988Chris AugTropical storm4633
1985Bob JulTropical storm6914
1984Diana SepTropical storm6356
1983Barry AugTropical storm4634
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4616
1979David SepCategory 2982
1976Dottie AugTropical storm5237
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm5840
1969Gerda SepTropical storm4018
1968Dolly AugTropical storm403
1968Abby JunCategory 17513
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4031
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5818
1962Alma AugTropical storm4021
1960Donna SepCategory 18158
1960Florence SepTropical storm5259
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4635
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm635
1953Hazel OctCategory 17546
1953Unnamed JulTropical storm4057
1950King OctCategory 18649

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s26
1970s12
1980s06
1990s22
2000s14
2010s11
2020s31

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 Cape Canaveral 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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