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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Valparaiso, FL

Hurricane Isaias is headed your way. See its wind and timing for Valparaiso

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Valparaiso. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Sally in 2020. The strongest was Dennis in 2005, 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
2020Sally SepCategory 18656
2018Alberto MayTropical storm5229
2009Claudette AugTropical storm523
2008Fay AugTropical storm4615
2005Dennis JulCategory 312735
2005Arlene JunTropical storm5260
2001Barry AugTropical storm699
2000Helene SepTropical storm525
1998Earl SepCategory 18651
1997Danny JulTropical storm5253
1995Opal OctCategory 311528
1995Erin AugCategory 29837
1994Alberto JulTropical storm634
1975Eloise SepCategory 312714
1969Unnamed OctTropical storm5217
1965Unnamed JunTropical storm5810
1957Debbie SepTropical storm4026
1956Flossy SepCategory 1929
1953Florence SepCategory 19221
1953Alice JunTropical storm5237

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s02
1970s10
1980s00
1990s32
2000s15
2010s01
2020s10

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 Valparaiso 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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