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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Polk City, FL

Hurricanes

11

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

9

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Polk City. 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 210922
2022Nicole NovTropical storm692
2022Ian SepCategory 210455
2017Irma SepCategory 18623
2017Emily JulTropical storm4647
2016Julia SepTropical storm4658
2004Frances SepCategory 18119
2004Jeanne SepCategory 19214
2004Charley AugCategory 311515
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm638
1995Erin AugCategory 1754
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4011
1988Keith NovTropical storm5833
1984Isidore SepTropical storm525
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4057
1968Gladys OctCategory 19259
1968Abby JunTropical storm5240
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4042
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm4054
1964Cleo AugTropical storm5257
1960Donna SepCategory 1927
1960Florence SepTropical storm4633
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4616
1950King OctCategory 18628
1950Easy SepCategory 210413

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s21
1960s25
1970s00
1980s03
1990s11
2000s31
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 Polk City 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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