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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Cypress Gardens, FL

Hurricanes

10

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

9

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cypress Gardens. 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 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 210910
2022Nicole NovTropical storm696
2022Ian SepCategory 311540
2017Irma SepCategory 18626
2017Emily JulTropical storm5235
2016Julia SepTropical storm4655
2008Fay AugTropical storm6359
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4059
2004Frances SepCategory 18613
2004Jeanne SepCategory 29811
2004Charley AugCategory 31277
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm637
1995Erin AugCategory 1759
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4014
1988Keith NovTropical storm5818
1984Isidore SepTropical storm525
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4046
1968Abby JunTropical storm5226
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4032
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5254
1960Donna SepCategory 2985
1960Florence SepTropical storm4622
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4631
1950King OctCategory 19223
1950Easy SepCategory 18628

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s14
1970s00
1980s03
1990s11
2000s33
2010s12
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 Cypress Gardens 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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