Hurricanes near Fort Rucker, AL

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Hurricanes

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fort Rucker. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Michael in 2018. The strongest was Michael in 2018, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Fred Aug	Tropical storm	52	19
2020	Sally Sep	Tropical storm	40	53
2018	Michael Oct	Category 3	127	57
2018	Alberto May	Tropical storm	40	33
2008	Fay Aug	Tropical storm	46	58
2001	Barry Aug	Tropical storm	63	56
1995	Opal Oct	Category 1	86	58
1994	Beryl Aug	Tropical storm	52	42
1994	Alberto Jul	Tropical storm	52	18
1975	Eloise Sep	Category 3	115	23
1972	Agnes Jun	Tropical storm	46	55
1965	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	58	8
1957	Debbie Sep	Tropical storm	40	21
1956	Flossy Sep	Category 1	81	42
1953	Florence Sep	Category 1	86	25
1953	Alice Jun	Tropical storm	40	21

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	2
1960s	0	1
1970s	1	1
1980s	0	0
1990s	1	2
2000s	0	2
2010s	1	1
2020s	0	2

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 Rucker 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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