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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Rainbow Springs, FL

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

17

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 17 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Rainbow Springs. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Easy in 1950, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovTropical storm5821
2020Eta NovTropical storm5827
2017Irma SepCategory 1756
2013Andrea JunTropical storm5259
2012Debby JunTropical storm4022
2008Fay AugTropical storm5834
2004Frances SepTropical storm6356
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6312
2000Gordon SepTropical storm6948
1995Erin AugTropical storm6950
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4022
1990Marco OctTropical storm4640
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5216
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm525
1968Gladys OctCategory 29813
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4640
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm5219
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4658
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm407
1950King OctCategory 18133
1950Easy SepCategory 312122

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s12
1970s00
1980s02
1990s03
2000s04
2010s12
2020s02

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 Rainbow Springs 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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