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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Fernandina Beach, FL

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Hurricanes

7

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fernandina Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Debby AugTropical storm5245
2020Eta NovTropical storm464
2016Matthew OctCategory 311550
2016Julia SepTropical storm5213
2016Colin JunTropical storm5232
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4637
2012Beryl MayTropical storm6932
2007Barry JunTropical storm4016
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5214
2004Charley AugCategory 18651
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4039
1988Chris AugTropical storm5240
1985Isabel OctTropical storm402
1985Bob JulCategory 17557
1984Isidore SepTropical storm524
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6322
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4639
1979David SepCategory 29827
1976Unnamed SepTropical storm407
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4635
1972Alpha MayTropical storm6310
1968Gladys OctCategory 18150
1968Abby JunTropical storm635
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4051
1964Dora SepCategory 210951
1964Cleo AugTropical storm639
1960Donna SepCategory 18659
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5853
1950Easy SepTropical storm4041

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s34
1970s13
1980s15
1990s00
2000s13
2010s14
2020s02

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 Fernandina Beach 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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