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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Tavares, FL

Hurricanes

8

None major

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Tavares. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Easy in 1950, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 18654
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6333
2017Irma SepCategory 18138
2016Julia SepTropical storm5237
2008Fay AugTropical storm6346
2004Frances SepTropical storm6956
2004Jeanne SepCategory 17542
2004Charley AugCategory 29826
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4024
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm5224
1995Erin AugTropical storm6940
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4023
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5229
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5246
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4058
1968Gladys OctCategory 29833
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4041
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6325
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6341
1960Donna SepCategory 18118
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4619
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm4018
1950King OctCategory 1868
1950Easy SepCategory 21046

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s00
1980s03
1990s02
2000s24
2010s11
2020s11

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 Tavares 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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