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Hurricane history · Alabama

Hurricanes near Cottondale, AL

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Hurricanes

0

None major

Tropical storms

5

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 0 hurricanes and 5 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cottondale. The strongest was Zeta in 2020, with winds near 69 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Zeta OctTropical storm6927
2004Ivan SepTropical storm5827
1985Juan NovTropical storm4641
1979Frederic SepTropical storm6347
1950Baker AugTropical storm5242

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s00
1970s01
1980s01
1990s00
2000s01
2010s00
2020s01

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 Cottondale 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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