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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Wauchula, FL

Hurricanes

11

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

16

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

7

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 16 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Wauchula. That's a hurricane about once every 7 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 312116
2022Nicole NovTropical storm6934
2022Ian SepCategory 415022
2017Irma SepCategory 1929
2017Emily JulTropical storm585
2008Fay AugTropical storm6954
2004Frances SepCategory 18619
2004Jeanne SepCategory 210417
2004Charley AugCategory 41504
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6919
1995Erin AugCategory 17541
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4040
1994Gordon NovTropical storm5840
1990Marco OctTropical storm5860
1988Keith NovTropical storm639
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5226
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4050
1969Jenny OctTropical storm4034
1968Abby JunTropical storm638
1960Donna SepCategory 21096
1960Florence SepTropical storm5211
1959Judith OctTropical storm6352
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4656
1953Hazel OctCategory 18640
1951How OctTropical storm5848
1950King OctCategory 19240
1950Easy SepCategory 17548

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s33
1960s13
1970s00
1980s03
1990s13
2000s32
2010s11
2020s21

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 Wauchula 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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