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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Fruitland Park, FL

Hurricanes

7

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Fruitland Park. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Easy in 1950, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6329
2017Irma SepCategory 17529
2016Julia SepTropical storm5246
2008Fay AugTropical storm6344
2004Frances SepTropical storm6356
2004Jeanne SepCategory 17534
2004Charley AugCategory 18637
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm5237
1995Erin AugTropical storm6342
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4023
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5218
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5234
1968Gladys OctCategory 29822
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4053
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6314
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6350
1960Donna SepCategory 18129
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4630
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4011
1950King OctCategory 18117
1950Easy SepCategory 312116

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s00
1980s02
1990s02
2000s23
2010s11
2020s01

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 Fruitland Park 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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