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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Poinciana, FL

Hurricanes

11

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Poinciana. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, 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
2024Milton OctCategory 210410
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6911
2022Ian SepCategory 210935
2017Irma SepCategory 18640
2017Emily JulTropical storm4043
2016Julia SepTropical storm5240
2008Fay AugTropical storm6351
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4048
2004Frances SepCategory 18626
2004Jeanne SepCategory 210426
2004Charley AugCategory 31157
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6313
1995Erin AugCategory 1759
1995Jerry AugTropical storm405
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5855
1988Keith NovTropical storm5819
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5217
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4035
1979David SepCategory 29856
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4054
1968Abby JunTropical storm6322
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4020
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5839
1960Donna SepCategory 19216
1960Florence SepTropical storm5231
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4628
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5848
1950King OctCategory 1929
1950Easy SepCategory 18132

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s15
1970s10
1980s03
1990s12
2000s33
2010s12
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 Poinciana 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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