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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lakeland Highlands, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 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 Highlands. 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 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312114
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6917
2022Ian SepCategory 312149
2017Irma SepCategory 18610
2017Emily JulTropical storm5832
2004Frances SepCategory 1813
2004Jeanne SepCategory 1923
2004Charley AugCategory 413217
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm697
1995Erin AugCategory 17517
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4028
1990Marco OctTropical storm5857
1988Keith NovTropical storm5822
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5212
1968Abby JunTropical storm5834
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4048
1960Donna SepCategory 210411
1960Florence SepTropical storm4617
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4626
1950King OctCategory 18639
1950Easy SepCategory 210419

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 Highlands 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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