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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near North Fort Myers, FL

Hurricanes

7

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of North Fort Myers. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Ian in 2022. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 161 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Ian SepCategory 516111
2018Gordon SepTropical storm6355
2017Irma SepCategory 311510
2017Emily JulTropical storm4054
2008Fay AugTropical storm6934
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4056
2005Wilma OctCategory 312155
2004Charley AugCategory 415019
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6953
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5855
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6327
1994Gordon NovTropical storm527
1990Marco OctTropical storm6347
1988Keith NovTropical storm5858
1985Bob JulTropical storm4622
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4043
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4617
1968Abby JunTropical storm6323
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4656
1960Donna SepCategory 31216
1959Judith OctTropical storm6310
1953Hazel OctCategory 1868
1951How OctTropical storm635
1950King OctCategory 19258

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s13
1970s00
1980s03
1990s04
2000s23
2010s12
2020s10

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 North Fort Myers 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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