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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near The Villages, FL

Hurricanes

6

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of The Villages. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Irma in 2017. The strongest was Easy in 1950, 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
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6329
2020Eta NovTropical storm5257
2017Irma SepCategory 17528
2016Julia SepTropical storm5248
2008Fay AugTropical storm6341
2004Frances SepTropical storm6357
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6931
2004Charley AugCategory 18641
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm5241
1995Erin AugTropical storm6345
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4024
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5214
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5229
1968Gladys OctCategory 29817
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4056
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6310
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6352
1960Donna SepCategory 18133
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4635
1953Unnamed SepTropical storm407
1950King OctCategory 18116
1950Easy SepCategory 312120

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s23
1970s00
1980s02
1990s02
2000s14
2010s11
2020s02

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 The Villages 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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