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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Lecanto, FL

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Lecanto. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Easy in 1950, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovTropical storm586
2020Eta NovTropical storm5833
2017Irma SepCategory 1756
2012Debby JunTropical storm4041
2008Fay AugTropical storm5854
2004Frances SepTropical storm6337
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm692
2000Gordon SepTropical storm6952
1995Erin AugTropical storm6931
1995Jerry AugTropical storm406
1990Marco OctTropical storm4634
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5216
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5220
1968Gladys OctCategory 2982
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4636
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm528
1960Donna SepCategory 17559
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4644
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4013
1950King OctCategory 18146
1950Easy SepCategory 312118

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s03
2000s04
2010s11
2020s02

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 Lecanto 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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