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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near West Bradenton, FL

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of West Bradenton. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Charley in 2004, 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 31277
2022Ian SepCategory 413858
2021Elsa JulTropical storm6949
2020Eta NovTropical storm6358
2017Irma SepCategory 18639
2017Emily JulTropical storm580
2007Barry JunTropical storm465
2004Frances SepTropical storm6946
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18153
2004Charley AugCategory 415044
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6919
1995Erin AugTropical storm6359
1990Marco OctTropical storm6311
1988Keith NovTropical storm6314
1968Abby JunTropical storm6346
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4622
1966Alma JunCategory 210446
1960Donna SepCategory 210446
1959Judith OctTropical storm6356
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4636
1951How OctTropical storm6357
1950Easy SepCategory 29848

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s22
1970s00
1980s01
1990s02
2000s23
2010s11
2020s22

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 West Bradenton 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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