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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near West DeLand, FL

Hurricanes

8

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

3

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of West DeLand. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Matthew in 2016, with winds near 121 mph as it went by. Most came in October.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 18157
2016Matthew OctCategory 312154
2016Julia SepTropical storm528
2008Fay AugTropical storm6321
2006Ernesto AugTropical storm5251
2005Tammy OctTropical storm5239
2004Charley AugCategory 18610
2002Edouard SepTropical storm4018
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm5229
1995Jerry AugTropical storm4051
1985Bob JulTropical storm6956
1984Isidore SepTropical storm5251
1982Unnamed JunTropical storm5255
1981Dennis AugTropical storm4632
1979David SepCategory 29833
1968Gladys OctCategory 19236
1968Dolly AugTropical storm4052
1968Abby JunCategory 17535
1968Brenda JunTropical storm4017
1965Unnamed OctTropical storm6321
1964Cleo AugTropical storm6311
1960Donna SepCategory 1861
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4624
1956Unnamed OctTropical storm5843
1950King OctCategory 18123
1950Easy SepTropical storm5818

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s34
1970s10
1980s04
1990s01
2000s15
2010s11
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 West DeLand 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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