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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Punta Gorda, FL

Hurricanes

6

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Punta Gorda. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 161 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312150
2022Ian SepCategory 51615
2018Gordon SepTropical storm6358
2017Irma SepCategory 210919
2017Emily JulTropical storm5844
2008Fay AugTropical storm6949
2004Charley AugCategory 41505
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6938
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6342
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5222
1990Marco OctTropical storm6337
1988Keith NovTropical storm6343
1985Bob JulTropical storm4632
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4056
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4631
1968Abby JunTropical storm638
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4647
1960Donna SepCategory 312112
1959Judith OctTropical storm638
1953Hazel OctCategory 1867
1951How OctTropical storm638

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s13
1970s00
1980s03
1990s03
2000s12
2010s12
2020s20

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 Punta Gorda 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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