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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Christmas, FL

Hurricanes

9

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Christmas. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 18621
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6949
2022Ian SepCategory 17526
2016Matthew OctCategory 312148
2016Julia SepTropical storm525
2008Fay AugTropical storm6324
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm5224
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5235
2004Charley AugCategory 18625
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4056
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm523
1995Erin AugCategory 18142
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4044
1988Keith NovTropical storm4625
1988Chris AugTropical storm4652
1985Bob JulTropical storm6936
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5259
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4610
1979David SepCategory 29821
1969Gerda SepTropical storm4043
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4027
1968Abby JunCategory 17527
1968Brenda JunTropical storm408
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6358
1964Cleo AugTropical storm633
1962Alma AugTropical storm4045
1960Donna SepCategory 18132
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4618
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5820
1950King OctCategory 18630
1950Easy SepTropical storm5843

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s26
1970s10
1980s05
1990s11
2000s15
2010s11
2020s21

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 Christmas 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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