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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Oakland Park, FL

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Oakland Park. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Wilma in 2005. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 167 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepTropical storm4040
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6348
2010Bonnie JulTropical storm4050
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4652
2005Wilma OctCategory 311537
2005Katrina AugCategory 18113
1999Irene OctCategory 18124
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5817
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6351
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4032
1992Andrew AugCategory 516747
1985Bob JulTropical storm4654
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5827
1979David SepCategory 29834
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4017
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6332
1964Isbell OctCategory 29832
1964Cleo AugCategory 21093
1960Florence SepTropical storm5238
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6331
1953Unnamed OctTropical storm4053
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6328
1950King OctCategory 413217

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s21
1970s12
1980s02
1990s23
2000s21
2010s01
2020s02

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 Oakland Park 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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