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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lake Helen, FL

Hurricanes

9

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

19

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 19 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Helen. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, 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
2024Milton OctCategory 18152
2022Ian SepCategory 17555
2016Matthew OctCategory 312149
2016Julia SepTropical storm522
2008Fay AugTropical storm6322
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm5244
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5235
2004Charley AugCategory 1868
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4023
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm5227
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4053
1988Keith NovTropical storm4658
1988Chris AugTropical storm4659
1985Bob JulTropical storm6950
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5258
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4626
1979David SepCategory 29827
1968Gladys OctCategory 18642
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4045
1968Abby JunCategory 17530
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4011
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6325
1964Cleo AugTropical storm637
1960Donna SepCategory 1867
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4622
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5837
1950King OctCategory 18127
1950Easy SepTropical storm5825

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s34
1970s10
1980s05
1990s01
2000s15
2010s11
2020s20

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 Lake Helen 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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