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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lake Worth Beach, FL

Hurricanes

12

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 12 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lake Worth Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 6 years. The most recent hurricane was Nicole in 2022. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovCategory 17550
2022Alex JunTropical storm4645
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6934
2016Matthew OctCategory 413258
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4054
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4052
2005Wilma OctCategory 311518
2005Katrina AugCategory 18138
2004Frances SepCategory 210936
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312139
1999Irene OctCategory 17518
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5215
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6324
1995Erin AugCategory 18652
1995Jerry AugTropical storm409
1985Bob JulTropical storm4638
1984Isidore SepTropical storm586
1979David SepCategory 29813
1976Dottie AugTropical storm463
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6319
1964Isbell OctCategory 29818
1964Cleo AugCategory 210915
1960Florence SepTropical storm5828
1959Judith OctTropical storm5833
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6339
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6313
1950King OctCategory 413237

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s21
1970s12
1980s02
1990s23
2000s42
2010s10
2020s12

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 Worth Beach 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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