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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Fort Myers Shores, FL

Hurricanes

7

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Myers Shores. That's a hurricane about once every 11 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 October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Ian SepCategory 516117
2018Gordon SepTropical storm5859
2017Irma SepCategory 31155
2017Emily JulTropical storm4054
2008Fay AugTropical storm6928
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4050
2005Wilma OctCategory 312152
2004Charley AugCategory 415025
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6958
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5856
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6323
1994Gordon NovTropical storm521
1990Marco OctTropical storm6353
1985Bob JulTropical storm4622
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4036
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4612
1968Abby JunTropical storm6328
1960Donna SepCategory 31218
1959Judith OctTropical storm637
1953Hazel OctCategory 18611
1951How OctTropical storm636
1950King OctCategory 29853

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s12
1970s00
1980s02
1990s04
2000s23
2010s12
2020s10

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 Shores 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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