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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lakeland, FL

Hurricanes

10

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

8

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lakeland. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 210919
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6912
2022Ian SepCategory 210954
2017Irma SepCategory 18612
2017Emily JulTropical storm5839
2004Frances SepCategory 1818
2004Jeanne SepCategory 1924
2004Charley AugCategory 312720
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6310
1995Erin AugCategory 17511
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4023
1990Marco OctTropical storm5259
1988Keith NovTropical storm5828
1984Isidore SepTropical storm527
1968Abby JunTropical storm5239
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4048
1960Donna SepCategory 29813
1960Florence SepTropical storm4623
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4620
1950King OctCategory 18638
1950Easy SepCategory 210413

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s13
1970s00
1980s02
1990s12
2000s31
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 Lakeland 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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