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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Fort Myers Beach, FL

Hurricanes

9

6 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Myers Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 161 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Ian SepCategory 516125
2020Sally SepTropical storm4643
2018Gordon SepTropical storm6337
2017Irma SepCategory 311514
2008Fay AugTropical storm6931
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4059
2005Wilma OctCategory 312139
2004Charley AugCategory 415021
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5836
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6313
1994Gordon NovTropical storm523
1992Andrew AugCategory 413253
1990Marco OctTropical storm6343
1985Bob JulTropical storm462
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4044
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4614
1968Abby JunTropical storm6330
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4649
1964Isbell OctCategory 210454
1960Donna SepCategory 31277
1959Judith OctTropical storm6323
1953Hazel OctCategory 18622
1951How OctTropical storm6323
1950Easy SepCategory 19257

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s00
1980s02
1990s14
2000s22
2010s11
2020s11

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 Myers 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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