Hurricanes near Citronelle, AL

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Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Citronelle. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Zeta in 2020. The strongest was Frederic in 1979, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2020	Zeta Oct	Category 1	86	38
2020	Sally Sep	Category 2	104	54
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	69	40
2017	Nate Oct	Tropical storm	69	21
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	46	16
2005	Dennis Jul	Category 1	86	41
2005	Arlene Jun	Tropical storm	52	40
2004	Ivan Sep	Category 3	115	29
2002	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	25
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	3
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	98	11
1997	Danny Jul	Category 1	81	41
1995	Erin Aug	Category 1	75	6
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	63	51
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 3	121	17
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	63	36
1960	Ethel Sep	Tropical storm	63	45
1959	Irene Oct	Tropical storm	46	49
1950	Baker Aug	Category 1	86	21

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	1
1960s	0	2
1970s	1	0
1980s	0	1
1990s	3	0
2000s	2	4
2010s	0	2
2020s	2	0

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 Citronelle 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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