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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near South Bay, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Bay. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was King in 1950, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Alex JunTropical storm4617
2017Irma SepCategory 29860
2008Fay AugTropical storm6929
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4012
2005Wilma OctCategory 311514
2004Frances SepCategory 210446
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312143
1999Irene OctCategory 17523
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5834
1998Mitch NovTropical storm636
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4039
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5847
1985Bob JulTropical storm466
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5836
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4024
1979David SepCategory 29846
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4033
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm5858
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4048
1964Isbell OctCategory 29822
1964Cleo AugCategory 210424
1960Florence SepTropical storm5812
1959Judith OctTropical storm5819
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm633
1953Hazel OctCategory 18148
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6329
1951How OctTropical storm5837
1950King OctCategory 31272

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s24
1960s22
1970s12
1980s03
1990s14
2000s32
2010s10
2020s01

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 South Bay 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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