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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Highland City, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

8

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Highland City. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 311511
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6915
2022Ian SepCategory 312146
2017Irma SepCategory 18615
2017Emily JulTropical storm5832
2004Frances SepCategory 1865
2004Jeanne SepCategory 2985
2004Charley AugCategory 312713
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm635
1995Erin AugCategory 17516
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4024
1988Keith NovTropical storm5820
1984Isidore SepTropical storm528
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4057
1968Abby JunTropical storm5832
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4043
1960Donna SepCategory 21047
1960Florence SepTropical storm4618
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4627
1950King OctCategory 18635
1950Easy SepCategory 29821

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s13
1970s00
1980s03
1990s11
2000s31
2010s11
2020s21

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 Highland City 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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