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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Laurel, FL

Hurricanes

9

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Laurel. 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 161 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312718
2022Ian SepCategory 516135
2021Elsa JulCategory 17553
2017Irma SepCategory 29837
2017Emily JulTropical storm5824
2007Barry JunTropical storm4627
2004Charley AugCategory 415027
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm697
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5254
1990Marco OctTropical storm6315
1988Keith NovTropical storm6313
1985Bob JulTropical storm4645
1968Abby JunTropical storm6325
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4625
1966Alma JunCategory 210447
1960Donna SepCategory 311535
1959Judith OctTropical storm6331
1953Hazel OctCategory 18635
1951How OctTropical storm6332
1950Easy SepCategory 29848

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s02
2000s12
2010s11
2020s30

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 Laurel 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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