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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Fort Lauderdale, FL

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Lauderdale. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Wilma in 2005. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 167 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepTropical storm4038
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6349
2010Bonnie JulTropical storm4047
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4652
2005Wilma OctCategory 311539
2005Katrina AugCategory 18110
1999Irene OctCategory 18125
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5819
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6353
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4033
1992Andrew AugCategory 516744
1991Fabian OctTropical storm4660
1987Floyd OctTropical storm6959
1985Bob JulTropical storm4656
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5828
1979David SepCategory 29835
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4019
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6333
1964Isbell OctCategory 29833
1964Cleo AugCategory 21091
1960Florence SepTropical storm4640
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6331
1953Unnamed OctTropical storm4052
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6328
1950King OctCategory 413217

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s21
1970s12
1980s03
1990s24
2000s21
2010s01
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 Fort Lauderdale 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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