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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Olympia Heights, FL

Hurricanes

11

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Olympia Heights. That's a hurricane about once every 7 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 October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepTropical storm4010
2018Gordon SepTropical storm5249
2010Bonnie JulTropical storm4017
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4635
2005Wilma OctCategory 210952
2005Katrina AugCategory 18110
1999Irene OctCategory 18127
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5837
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4054
1992Andrew AugCategory 516716
1991Fabian OctTropical storm4650
1987Floyd OctCategory 17537
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5857
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4054
1979David SepCategory 29858
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4030
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6352
1966Inez OctCategory 29847
1965Betsy SepCategory 311549
1964Isbell OctCategory 210446
1964Cleo AugCategory 210916
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6318
1953Unnamed OctTropical storm4050
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6336
1950King OctCategory 41327

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s40
1970s12
1980s12
1990s23
2000s21
2010s02
2020s01

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 Olympia Heights 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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