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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Tampa, FL

Hurricanes

8

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Tampa. 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 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312130
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6338
2020Eta NovTropical storm6358
2017Irma SepCategory 18622
2017Emily JulTropical storm5832
2007Barry JunTropical storm4010
2004Frances SepCategory 17514
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18624
2004Charley AugCategory 312747
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6931
1995Erin AugTropical storm6926
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4046
1990Marco OctTropical storm5826
1988Keith NovTropical storm6337
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5234
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm4650
1968Gladys OctCategory 29844
1968Abby JunTropical storm5257
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4634
1960Donna SepCategory 29843
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4614
1950Easy SepCategory 210924

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s22
1970s00
1980s03
1990s03
2000s32
2010s11
2020s12

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 Tampa 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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