Hurricanes near Key Largo, FL

Hurricanes

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Key Largo. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Katrina in 2005. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 167 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2020	Eta Nov	Tropical storm	63	23
2020	Sally Sep	Tropical storm	40	30
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	52	10
2010	Bonnie Jul	Tropical storm	40	22
2006	Ernesto Aug	Tropical storm	46	16
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 1	81	44
1999	Irene Oct	Category 1	81	43
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 5	167	27
1991	Fabian Oct	Tropical storm	46	25
1987	Floyd Oct	Category 1	75	1
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	40	50
1976	Dottie Aug	Tropical storm	40	55
1966	Inez Oct	Category 2	98	7
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 3	115	9
1964	Cleo Aug	Category 2	109	32
1960	Donna Sep	Category 4	144	38
1956	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	63	10
1953	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	40	40
1952	Unnamed Feb	Tropical storm	63	57
1950	King Oct	Category 4	132	26

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	3
1960s	4	0
1970s	0	1
1980s	1	1
1990s	2	1
2000s	1	1
2010s	0	2
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 Key Largo 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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