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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near St. Petersburg, FL

Hurricanes

8

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of St. Petersburg. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, with winds near 132 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312123
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6355
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6951
2020Eta NovTropical storm6353
2017Irma SepCategory 18635
2017Emily JulTropical storm5818
2007Barry JunTropical storm467
2004Frances SepTropical storm6931
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18141
2004Charley AugCategory 413252
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6931
1995Erin AugTropical storm6342
1990Marco OctTropical storm6314
1988Keith NovTropical storm6330
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5251
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm4654
1968Gladys OctCategory 29846
1968Abby JunTropical storm5857
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4623
1966Alma JunCategory 210450
1960Donna SepCategory 29850
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4619
1950Easy SepCategory 210941

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s32
1970s00
1980s03
1990s02
2000s23
2010s11
2020s13

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. Petersburg 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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