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Hurricane history · Delaware

Hurricanes near Milton, DE

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Milton. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Gloria in 1985, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5812
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6950
2020Fay JulTropical storm5847
2011Irene AugCategory 17532
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5218
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4054
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6929
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6918
1992Danielle SepTropical storm5821
1985Gloria SepCategory 29851
1971Doria AugTropical storm698
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm4656
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5820
1960Brenda JulTropical storm585

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s00
1960s03
1970s01
1980s10
1990s03
2000s02
2010s10
2020s03

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 Milton 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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