Hurricanes near Key West, FL

Hurricanes

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Key West. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Donna in 1960, with winds near 144 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	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	63	55
2020	Eta Nov	Tropical storm	63	29
2017	Irma Sep	Category 4	132	17
2012	Isaac Aug	Tropical storm	58	45
2008	Fay Aug	Tropical storm	63	3
2005	Rita Sep	Category 2	109	43
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 2	98	40
1999	Irene Oct	Category 1	81	7
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	5
1994	Gordon Nov	Tropical storm	52	5
1990	Marco Oct	Tropical storm	52	31
1987	Floyd Oct	Category 1	75	3
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	40	30
1976	Dottie Aug	Tropical storm	40	21
1970	Greta Sep	Tropical storm	40	5
1969	Jenny Oct	Tropical storm	46	28
1966	Inez Oct	Category 2	98	3
1966	Alma Jun	Category 3	115	59
1966	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	46	46
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 3	115	42
1964	Isbell Oct	Category 3	115	34
1960	Donna Sep	Category 4	144	54
1952	Unnamed Feb	Tropical storm	58	18
1950	Easy Sep	Category 1	86	45

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	1
1960s	5	2
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	1
1990s	2	2
2000s	2	1
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 Key West 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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