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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Fort Myers, FL

Hurricanes

6

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Myers. That's a hurricane about once every 13 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 516116
2020Sally SepTropical storm4057
2018Gordon SepTropical storm6351
2017Irma SepCategory 31158
2008Fay AugTropical storm6931
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4055
2005Wilma OctCategory 312148
2004Charley AugCategory 415022
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6958
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5849
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6321
1994Gordon NovTropical storm522
1990Marco OctTropical storm6348
1985Bob JulTropical storm4616
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4040
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4614
1968Abby JunTropical storm6327
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4656
1960Donna SepCategory 31211
1959Judith OctTropical storm6314
1953Hazel OctCategory 18614
1951How OctTropical storm6311

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s13
1970s00
1980s02
1990s04
2000s23
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 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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