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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Gainesville, FL

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

19

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 19 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Gainesville. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Gladys in 1968. 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 storm4651
2020Eta NovTropical storm529
2017Irma SepTropical storm6922
2016Julia SepTropical storm5252
2016Colin JunTropical storm5249
2013Andrea JunTropical storm5837
2012Debby JunTropical storm4017
2012Beryl MayTropical storm6345
2008Fay AugTropical storm586
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm5832
2000Gordon SepTropical storm6339
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5218
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5824
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4657
1968Gladys OctCategory 19239
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4645
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm5247
1964Dora SepCategory 210422
1960Brenda JulTropical storm4655
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4047
1950King OctCategory 1818
1950Love OctTropical storm5857
1950Easy SepCategory 312136

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s01
1980s02
1990s00
2000s03
2010s06
2020s02

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 Gainesville 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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