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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near New Smyrna Beach, FL

Hurricanes

10

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of New Smyrna Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, 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
2024Milton OctCategory 18146
2022Ian SepCategory 17545
2016Matthew OctCategory 312133
2016Julia SepTropical storm5215
2008Fay AugTropical storm6316
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm5228
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5218
2004Charley AugCategory 18616
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4026
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm4629
1988Keith NovTropical storm4650
1988Chris AugTropical storm5242
1985Isabel OctTropical storm4656
1985Bob JulTropical storm6934
1984Diana SepTropical storm6956
1981Dennis AugTropical storm469
1979David SepCategory 29811
1976Dottie AugTropical storm5258
1969Gerda SepTropical storm4058
1968Gladys OctCategory 18651
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4030
1968Abby JunCategory 17514
1968Brenda JunTropical storm406
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6327
1964Dora SepCategory 210956
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6312
1962Alma AugTropical storm4045
1960Donna SepCategory 18622
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4614
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5820
1950King OctCategory 18144
1950Easy SepTropical storm5241

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s46
1970s11
1980s06
1990s00
2000s15
2010s11
2020s20

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 New Smyrna Beach 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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