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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Cortez, FL

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cortez. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 31276
2022Ian SepCategory 413260
2021Elsa JulCategory 17545
2020Eta NovTropical storm6955
2017Irma SepCategory 18643
2017Emily JulTropical storm583
2007Barry JunTropical storm463
2004Frances SepTropical storm6949
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18157
2004Charley AugCategory 415047
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6919
1990Marco OctTropical storm638
1988Keith NovTropical storm6312
1968Abby JunTropical storm6348
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4618
1966Alma JunCategory 210442
1960Donna SepCategory 210449
1959Judith OctTropical storm6354
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4638
1951How OctTropical storm6355
1950Easy SepCategory 29844

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s22
1970s00
1980s01
1990s01
2000s23
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 Cortez 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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