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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Longboat Key, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Longboat Key. 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 155 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 31272
2022Ian SepCategory 415556
2021Elsa JulCategory 17545
2020Eta NovTropical storm6957
2017Irma SepCategory 19243
2017Emily JulTropical storm587
2007Barry JunTropical storm468
2004Frances SepTropical storm6952
2004Jeanne SepCategory 17559
2004Charley AugCategory 415044
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6915
1990Marco OctTropical storm638
1988Keith NovTropical storm637
1985Bob JulTropical storm4658
1968Abby JunTropical storm6344
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4618
1966Alma JunCategory 210442
1960Donna SepCategory 210446
1959Judith OctTropical storm6349
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4642
1953Hazel OctCategory 18656
1951How OctTropical storm6351
1950Easy SepCategory 29845

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s01
2000s23
2010s11
2020s31

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 Longboat Key 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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