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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near St. Augustine Beach, FL

Hurricanes

8

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of St. Augustine Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Matthew in 2016. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Eta NovTropical storm4649
2016Matthew OctCategory 312135
2016Julia SepTropical storm5214
2012Beryl MayTropical storm6923
2008Fay AugTropical storm6334
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm5260
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5210
2004Charley AugCategory 18621
2002Kyle OctTropical storm4054
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4032
1988Chris AugTropical storm5245
1985Isabel OctTropical storm4633
1985Bob JulCategory 17550
1984Diana SepTropical storm6953
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5241
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm6322
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4629
1979David SepCategory 29824
1968Gladys OctCategory 1863
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4057
1968Abby JunTropical storm696
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4023
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6332
1964Dora SepCategory 21094
1964Cleo AugTropical storm632
1960Donna SepCategory 18619
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5851
1950King OctCategory 18154
1950Easy SepTropical storm4629

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s35
1970s10
1980s16
1990s00
2000s15
2010s12
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 St. Augustine 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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