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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Crystal River, FL

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Crystal River. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Easy in 1950, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovTropical storm584
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6359
2020Eta NovTropical storm5826
2017Irma SepCategory 1759
2012Debby JunTropical storm4035
2008Fay AugTropical storm5850
2004Frances SepTropical storm6339
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm695
2000Gordon SepTropical storm6944
1995Erin AugTropical storm6934
1995Jerry AugTropical storm405
1990Marco OctTropical storm4628
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5223
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5218
1968Gladys OctCategory 2989
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4630
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm4615
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4652
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm408
1950King OctCategory 18148
1950Easy SepCategory 312112

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s12
1970s00
1980s02
1990s03
2000s04
2010s11
2020s03

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 Crystal River 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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