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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Sun City Center, FL

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Sun City Center. 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 144 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312113
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6346
2022Ian SepCategory 413254
2017Irma SepCategory 19220
2017Emily JulTropical storm5815
2007Barry JunTropical storm4018
2004Frances SepCategory 17525
2004Jeanne SepCategory 19232
2004Charley AugCategory 414434
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6915
1995Erin AugTropical storm6340
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4057
1990Marco OctTropical storm6330
1988Keith NovTropical storm6319
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5241
1968Abby JunTropical storm5840
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4640
1960Donna SepCategory 210432
1960Florence SepTropical storm402
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4631
1950Easy SepCategory 210437

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s13
1970s00
1980s02
1990s03
2000s32
2010s11
2020s21

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 Sun City Center 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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