Hurricanes near Marathon, FL

Hurricanes

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Marathon. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2020	Eta Nov	Tropical storm	63	15
2020	Sally Sep	Tropical storm	40	54
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	58	32
2017	Irma Sep	Category 4	132	30
2008	Fay Aug	Tropical storm	58	51
2006	Ernesto Aug	Tropical storm	46	29
2005	Katrina Aug	Category 1	81	49
1999	Irene Oct	Category 1	81	27
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	49
1994	Gordon Nov	Tropical storm	52	36
1992	Andrew Aug	Category 4	150	58
1991	Fabian Oct	Tropical storm	46	37
1987	Floyd Oct	Category 1	75	11
1981	Dennis Aug	Tropical storm	40	17
1976	Dottie Aug	Tropical storm	40	45
1970	Greta Sep	Tropical storm	46	26
1966	Inez Oct	Category 2	98	5
1965	Betsy Sep	Category 3	115	23
1960	Donna Sep	Category 4	144	9
1956	Unnamed Oct	Tropical storm	63	33
1952	Unnamed Feb	Tropical storm	58	45

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	2
1960s	3	0
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	1
1990s	3	2
2000s	1	2
2010s	1	1
2020s	0	2

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 Marathon 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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