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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Palmetto, FL

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Palmetto. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 31279
2022Ian SepCategory 413857
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6951
2017Irma SepCategory 19236
2017Emily JulTropical storm583
2007Barry JunTropical storm468
2004Frances SepTropical storm6943
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18150
2004Charley AugCategory 415042
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6917
1995Erin AugTropical storm6357
1990Marco OctTropical storm6314
1988Keith NovTropical storm6315
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5260
1968Abby JunTropical storm6345
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4624
1966Alma JunCategory 210448
1960Donna SepCategory 210444
1959Judith OctTropical storm6357
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4636
1951How OctTropical storm6359
1950Easy SepCategory 29851

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s02
2000s23
2010s11
2020s21

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 Palmetto 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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