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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near South Beach, FL

Hurricanes

14

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

25

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

8

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 14 hurricanes and 25 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 5 years. The most recent hurricane was Nicole in 2022. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Nicole NovCategory 1753
2022Ian SepCategory 18644
2022Alex JunTropical storm4621
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6943
2016Matthew OctCategory 312740
2016Julia SepTropical storm404
2008Fay AugTropical storm6928
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4029
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4628
2005Wilma OctCategory 311542
2004Frances SepCategory 210920
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312123
1999Irene OctCategory 17513
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6347
1995Erin AugCategory 1869
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4022
1994Gordon NovTropical storm6312
1988Keith NovTropical storm4654
1988Chris AugTropical storm4629
1985Bob JulTropical storm581
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5822
1983Barry AugTropical storm4625
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4041
1979David SepCategory 2982
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4619
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm5825
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4010
1968Abby JunCategory 17543
1964Isbell OctCategory 19239
1964Cleo AugCategory 18116
1960Florence SepTropical storm5811
1959Judith OctTropical storm5241
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6323
1954Unnamed JunTropical storm4012
1953Hazel OctCategory 17516
1953Unnamed JulTropical storm407
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6341
1951How OctTropical storm638
1950King OctCategory 29849

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s26
1960s32
1970s12
1980s06
1990s23
2000s33
2010s11
2020s22

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 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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