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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near South Daytona, FL

Hurricanes

10

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Daytona. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 18156
2022Ian SepCategory 17553
2016Matthew OctCategory 312132
2016Julia SepTropical storm5215
2008Fay AugTropical storm639
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm5233
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5216
2004Charley AugCategory 18613
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4016
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm4638
1988Keith NovTropical storm4659
1988Chris AugTropical storm5243
1985Isabel OctTropical storm4652
1985Bob JulTropical storm6937
1984Diana SepTropical storm6952
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4613
1979David SepCategory 29813
1968Gladys OctCategory 18642
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4033
1968Abby JunCategory 17513
1968Brenda JunTropical storm402
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6317
1964Dora SepCategory 210947
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6312
1962Alma AugTropical storm4049
1960Donna SepCategory 18615
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4624
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5825
1950King OctCategory 18145
1950Easy SepTropical storm4637

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s45
1970s10
1980s06
1990s00
2000s15
2010s11
2020s20

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 Daytona 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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