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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Watergate, FL

Hurricanes

10

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

6

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Watergate. That's a hurricane about once every 8 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 August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6348
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm4047
2005Wilma OctCategory 311528
2005Katrina AugCategory 18124
2004Frances SepCategory 210958
2004Jeanne SepCategory 312159
1999Irene OctCategory 18116
1999Harvey SepTropical storm5811
1998Mitch NovTropical storm6339
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4028
1992Andrew AugCategory 516758
1985Bob JulTropical storm4644
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5824
1979David SepCategory 29831
1976Dottie AugTropical storm4010
1974Unnamed OctTropical storm6333
1964Isbell OctCategory 29824
1964Cleo AugCategory 21093
1960Florence SepTropical storm5229
1959Judith OctTropical storm5249
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm6328
1952Unnamed FebTropical storm6322
1950King OctCategory 413220

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s21
1970s12
1980s02
1990s23
2000s41
2010s00
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 Watergate 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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