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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Ruskin, FL

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ruskin. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312113
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6350
2022Ian SepCategory 312757
2017Irma SepCategory 18624
2017Emily JulTropical storm5814
2007Barry JunTropical storm4015
2004Frances SepCategory 17527
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18635
2004Charley AugCategory 414438
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6917
1995Erin AugTropical storm6342
1990Marco OctTropical storm6326
1988Keith NovTropical storm6321
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5244
1968Gladys OctCategory 29858
1968Abby JunTropical storm5844
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4636
1960Donna SepCategory 210436
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4631
1950Easy SepCategory 210439

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s02
2000s32
2010s11
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 Ruskin 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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