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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near South Sarasota, FL

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South 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 31278
2022Ian SepCategory 415545
2021Elsa JulCategory 17551
2017Irma SepCategory 19239
2017Emily JulTropical storm5815
2007Barry JunTropical storm4618
2004Frances SepTropical storm6956
2004Charley AugCategory 415034
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm695
1990Marco OctTropical storm6313
1988Keith NovTropical storm634
1985Bob JulTropical storm4652
1968Abby JunTropical storm6334
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4623
1966Alma JunCategory 210446
1960Donna SepCategory 210939
1959Judith OctTropical storm6341
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4652
1953Hazel OctCategory 18645
1951How OctTropical storm6342
1950Easy SepCategory 29848

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s01
2000s13
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 South 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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