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Hurricane history · Alabama

Hurricanes near Orange Beach, AL

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Hurricanes

10

5 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

8

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Orange Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Sally in 2020. The strongest was Frederic in 1979, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepCategory 21096
2018Gordon SepTropical storm6940
2009Ida NovTropical storm5811
2009Claudette AugTropical storm4656
2005Dennis JulCategory 312730
2005Arlene JunTropical storm636
2004Ivan SepCategory 312118
2002Hanna SepTropical storm5841
2000Helene SepTropical storm5846
1998Georges SepTropical storm4642
1997Danny JulCategory 1810
1995Opal OctCategory 312128
1995Erin AugCategory 29818
1994Alberto JulTropical storm6360
1985Juan OctTropical storm696
1985Elena SepCategory 312132
1979Frederic SepCategory 413238
1969Unnamed OctTropical storm4648
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm5824
1964Hilda OctTropical storm6314
1959Irene OctTropical storm460
1957Debbie SepTropical storm4054
1956Flossy SepCategory 19224
1955Unnamed AugTropical storm5258
1950Baker AugCategory 18623

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s03
1970s10
1980s11
1990s32
2000s25
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 Orange 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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