Hurricanes near Dothan, AL

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Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Dothan. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Michael in 2018. The strongest was Michael in 2018, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Fred Aug	Tropical storm	52	6
2018	Michael Oct	Category 4	144	38
2018	Alberto May	Tropical storm	40	47
2008	Fay Aug	Tropical storm	46	59
2004	Frances Sep	Tropical storm	46	30
1998	Earl Sep	Tropical storm	69	49
1994	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	58	22
1994	Alberto Jul	Tropical storm	46	38
1975	Eloise Sep	Category 3	115	41
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	58	36
1965	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	19
1964	Dora Sep	Tropical storm	52	43
1957	Debbie Sep	Tropical storm	40	2
1956	Flossy Sep	Category 1	75	27
1953	Florence Sep	Category 1	81	13
1953	Alice Jun	Tropical storm	40	11

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	2
1960s	0	2
1970s	1	1
1980s	0	0
1990s	0	3
2000s	0	2
2010s	1	1
2020s	0	1

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 Dothan 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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