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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Lakeland, GA

Hurricanes

3

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

24

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 24 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lakeland. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, 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
2024Helene SepCategory 312718
2024Debby AugTropical storm6340
2023Idalia AugCategory 210915
2021Mindy SepTropical storm4019
2021Elsa JulTropical storm529
2017Irma SepTropical storm5827
2016Hermine SepTropical storm697
2016Colin JunTropical storm5252
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4657
2006Alberto JunTropical storm406
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4624
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm4642
2000Gordon SepTropical storm4042
1998Earl SepTropical storm5249
1996Josephine OctTropical storm6334
1995Allison JunTropical storm5220
1985Kate NovCategory 18140
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4639
1972Alpha MayTropical storm5238
1971Unnamed AugTropical storm4037
1966Alma JunTropical storm696
1964Dora SepTropical storm6943
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5840
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm469
1956Flossy SepTropical storm4653
1950King OctTropical storm6917
1950Love OctTropical storm5228

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s04
1960s03
1970s03
1980s10
1990s03
2000s04
2010s04
2020s23

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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