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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Virginia Gardens, FL

Hurricanes

11

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Virginia Gardens. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Wilma in 2005. The strongest was Andrew in 1992, with winds near 167 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Sally SepTropical storm4016
2018Gordon SepTropical storm5255
2010Bonnie JulTropical storm4023
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4638
2005Wilma OctCategory 210951
2005Katrina AugCategory 1816
1999Irene OctCategory 18126
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5833
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4049
1992Andrew AugCategory 516721
1991Fabian OctTropical storm4652
1987Floyd OctCategory 17542
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5851
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4056
1979David SepCategory 29853
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4027
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6348
1966Inez OctCategory 29851
1965Betsy SepCategory 311554
1964Isbell OctCategory 29843
1964Cleo AugCategory 210912
1960Florence SepTropical storm4045
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6320
1953Unnamed OctTropical storm4049
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6333
1950King OctCategory 41323

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s41
1970s12
1980s12
1990s23
2000s21
2010s02
2020s01

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 Virginia Gardens 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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