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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lake Sarasota, FL

Hurricanes

9

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Sarasota. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 155 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312713
2022Ian SepCategory 415541
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6957
2017Irma SepCategory 19233
2017Emily JulTropical storm5814
2007Barry JunTropical storm4622
2004Frances SepTropical storm6952
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18656
2004Charley AugCategory 415029
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm694
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5259
1990Marco OctTropical storm6319
1988Keith NovTropical storm638
1985Bob JulTropical storm4655
1968Abby JunTropical storm6329
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4629
1966Alma JunCategory 210451
1960Donna SepCategory 311533
1959Judith OctTropical storm6341
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4654
1953Hazel OctCategory 18644
1951How OctTropical storm6342
1950Easy SepCategory 29854

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s02
2000s23
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 Lake Sarasota 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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