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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Sarasota, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Sarasota. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 155 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 31275
2022Ian SepCategory 415548
2021Elsa JulCategory 17550
2017Irma SepCategory 19238
2017Emily JulTropical storm5811
2007Barry JunTropical storm4615
2004Frances SepTropical storm6953
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18158
2004Charley AugCategory 415036
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm698
1990Marco OctTropical storm6314
1988Keith NovTropical storm634
1985Bob JulTropical storm4656
1968Abby JunTropical storm6336
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4623
1966Alma JunCategory 210447
1960Donna SepCategory 210940
1959Judith OctTropical storm6344
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4648
1953Hazel OctCategory 18649
1951How OctTropical storm6346
1950Easy SepCategory 29849

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s01
2000s23
2010s11
2020s30

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 Sarasota 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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