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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Doctor Phillips, FL

Hurricanes

12

None major

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Doctor Phillips. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 29826
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6927
2022Ian SepCategory 18148
2017Irma SepCategory 18146
2016Julia SepTropical storm5232
2008Fay AugTropical storm5854
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4652
2004Frances SepCategory 17545
2004Jeanne SepCategory 19241
2004Charley AugCategory 21042
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm584
1995Erin AugCategory 17524
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4016
1988Keith NovTropical storm4637
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5232
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4039
1979David SepCategory 29852
1968Gladys OctCategory 19260
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4056
1968Abby JunTropical storm6339
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4023
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm5852
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5832
1960Donna SepCategory 1928
1960Florence SepTropical storm4054
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4610
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5849
1950King OctCategory 1868
1950Easy SepCategory 18117

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s26
1970s10
1980s03
1990s11
2000s33
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 Doctor Phillips 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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