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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Ocean City, FL

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Hurricanes

9

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ocean City. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Sally in 2020. The strongest was Dennis in 2005, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepCategory 29853
2018Alberto MayTropical storm5234
2009Claudette AugTropical storm523
2008Fay AugTropical storm4621
2005Dennis JulCategory 312729
2005Arlene JunTropical storm5854
2001Barry AugTropical storm6916
2000Helene SepTropical storm524
1998Earl SepCategory 18651
1997Danny JulTropical storm6948
1995Opal OctCategory 312124
1995Erin AugCategory 29831
1994Alberto JulTropical storm637
1985Juan OctTropical storm6357
1985Elena SepCategory 312160
1975Eloise SepCategory 312719
1969Unnamed OctTropical storm5212
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm589
1959Irene OctTropical storm4658
1957Debbie SepTropical storm4027
1956Flossy SepCategory 1929
1953Florence SepCategory 19226
1953Alice JunTropical storm5242

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s02
1970s10
1980s11
1990s32
2000s15
2010s01
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 Ocean City 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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