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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lake Placid, FL

Hurricanes

11

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Placid. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 210445
2022Nicole NovCategory 17541
2022Ian SepCategory 41509
2017Irma SepCategory 29831
2017Emily AugTropical storm4614
2008Fay AugTropical storm6923
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4032
2004Frances SepCategory 29823
2004Jeanne SepCategory 311519
2004Charley AugCategory 414432
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6351
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6349
1995Erin AugCategory 18148
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4032
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5813
1988Keith NovTropical storm5835
1985Bob JulTropical storm4654
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5226
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4023
1969Jenny OctTropical storm403
1968Abby JunTropical storm5823
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6950
1960Donna SepCategory 311532
1960Florence SepTropical storm5824
1959Judith OctTropical storm6331
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6341
1953Hazel OctCategory 18614
1951How OctTropical storm5821
1950King OctCategory 210418

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s14
1970s00
1980s04
1990s13
2000s33
2010s11
2020s30

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 Placid 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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