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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Desoto Lakes, FL

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Desoto Lakes. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 155 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 415548
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6954
2017Irma SepCategory 19235
2017Emily JulTropical storm589
2007Barry JunTropical storm4615
2004Frances SepTropical storm6949
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18654
2004Charley AugCategory 415035
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm699
1990Marco OctTropical storm6316
1988Keith NovTropical storm637
1985Bob JulTropical storm4659
1968Abby JunTropical storm6336
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4626
1966Alma JunCategory 210450
1960Donna SepCategory 210937
1959Judith OctTropical storm6347
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4647
1953Hazel OctCategory 18650
1951How OctTropical storm6348
1950Easy SepCategory 29853

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s01
2000s23
2010s11
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 Desoto Lakes 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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