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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Tallahassee, FL

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Hurricanes

6

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

19

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 19 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Tallahassee. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Michael in 2018, 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
2024Helene SepCategory 413839
2023Idalia AugCategory 312155
2022Nicole NovTropical storm403
2021Mindy SepTropical storm5811
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5852
2018Michael OctCategory 414450
2017Irma SepTropical storm5254
2016Hermine SepCategory 18119
2016Colin JunTropical storm5259
2008Fay AugTropical storm5248
2006Alberto JunTropical storm5246
2004Frances SepTropical storm585
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm4639
2004Bonnie AugTropical storm4023
1998Earl SepTropical storm6936
1996Josephine OctTropical storm6938
1995Allison JunTropical storm6915
1994Beryl AugTropical storm5259
1985Kate NovCategory 19222
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4647
1972Agnes JunTropical storm5250
1966Alma JunCategory 18615
1964Dora SepTropical storm588
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm5223
1956Flossy SepTropical storm5250

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s11
1970s02
1980s10
1990s04
2000s05
2010s22
2020s23

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 Tallahassee 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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