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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Palatka, FL

Hurricanes

7

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Palatka. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Eta NovTropical storm4640
2017Irma SepTropical storm6360
2016Matthew OctCategory 311559
2016Julia SepTropical storm5214
2012Beryl MayTropical storm6938
2008Fay AugTropical storm6314
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5238
2004Charley AugCategory 18639
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4030
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5222
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5818
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4653
1979David SepCategory 29850
1968Gladys OctCategory 19211
1968Abby JunTropical storm6934
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4042
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6327
1964Dora SepCategory 210921
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6323
1960Donna SepCategory 18636
1950King OctCategory 18127
1950Easy SepTropical storm463

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s34
1970s10
1980s03
1990s00
2000s13
2010s13
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 Palatka 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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