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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Tarpon Springs, FL

Hurricanes

7

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Tarpon Springs. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Milton in 2024, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312150
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6343
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6346
2020Eta NovTropical storm6336
2017Irma SepCategory 18135
2017Emily JulTropical storm5845
2004Frances SepTropical storm6912
2004Jeanne SepCategory 17531
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6353
2000Gordon SepCategory 17554
1995Erin AugTropical storm6919
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4045
1990Marco OctTropical storm5811
1988Keith NovTropical storm6357
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5238
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm4628
1968Gladys OctCategory 29822
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4617
1966Alma JunCategory 210456
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4610
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4059
1950Easy SepCategory 312120

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s21
1970s00
1980s03
1990s03
2000s22
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 Tarpon Springs 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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