Hurricanes near Mobile, AL

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Hurricanes

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Mobile. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Sally in 2020. The strongest was Frederic in 1979, with winds near 127 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	Sally Sep	Category 2	109	32
2018	Gordon Sep	Tropical storm	69	30
2017	Nate Oct	Category 1	75	39
2009	Ida Nov	Tropical storm	58	26
2005	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	46	42
2005	Dennis Jul	Category 2	109	46
2005	Arlene Jun	Tropical storm	58	34
2004	Ivan Sep	Category 3	121	17
2002	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	58	2
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	46	28
1998	Georges Sep	Category 2	104	13
1997	Danny Jul	Category 1	81	22
1995	Erin Aug	Category 1	86	21
1985	Juan Oct	Tropical storm	63	32
1985	Elena Sep	Category 3	121	45
1979	Frederic Sep	Category 3	127	19
1964	Hilda Oct	Tropical storm	63	8
1960	Ethel Sep	Category 1	81	56
1959	Irene Oct	Tropical storm	46	30
1950	Baker Aug	Category 1	86	11

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	1
1960s	1	1
1970s	1	0
1980s	1	1
1990s	3	0
2000s	2	5
2010s	1	1
2020s	1	0

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 Mobile 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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