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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Royal Palm Beach, FL

Hurricanes

11

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Royal Palm Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Nicole in 2022. The strongest was King in 1950, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovCategory 17549
2022Alex JunTropical storm4636
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6944
2008Fay AugTropical storm6958
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4044
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4053
2005Wilma OctCategory 31157
2005Katrina AugCategory 18147
2004Frances SepCategory 210934
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312135
1999Irene OctCategory 1757
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5223
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6315
1995Erin AugCategory 18653
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4014
1985Bob JulTropical storm4626
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5811
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4054
1979David SepCategory 29820
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4610
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6327
1964Isbell OctCategory 2988
1964Cleo AugCategory 21098
1960Florence SepTropical storm5816
1959Judith OctTropical storm5827
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6328
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm634
1951How OctTropical storm5850
1950King OctCategory 413229

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s14
1960s21
1970s12
1980s03
1990s23
2000s43
2010s00
2020s12

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 Royal Palm Beach 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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