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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Chiefland, FL

Hurricanes

7

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Chiefland. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 138 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 413860
2024Debby AugCategory 18141
2023Idalia AugCategory 312752
2022Nicole NovTropical storm5221
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6340
2020Eta NovTropical storm5810
2017Irma SepTropical storm6912
2016Colin JunTropical storm5243
2013Andrea JunTropical storm6321
2012Debby JunTropical storm409
2008Fay AugTropical storm5817
2006Alberto JunTropical storm4657
2004Frances SepTropical storm6354
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm586
2000Gordon SepTropical storm6915
1990Marco OctTropical storm4015
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5245
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5237
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4656
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4635
1968Gladys OctCategory 29850
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4614
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm4056
1964Dora SepCategory 17535
1960Brenda JulTropical storm4641
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4034
1950King OctCategory 18142
1950Love OctTropical storm6335
1950Easy SepCategory 312127

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s02
1980s02
1990s01
2000s05
2010s04
2020s33

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 Chiefland 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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