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Hurricane history · Florida

Hurricanes near Whitfield, FL

Hurricanes

10

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Whitfield. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Milton in 2024. The strongest was Ian in 2022, with winds near 155 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Milton OctCategory 31272
2022Ian SepCategory 415552
2021Elsa JulCategory 17550
2017Irma SepCategory 19238
2017Emily JulTropical storm587
2007Barry JunTropical storm4610
2004Frances SepTropical storm6950
2004Jeanne SepCategory 18156
2004Charley AugCategory 415040
2001Gabrielle SepTropical storm6913
1990Marco OctTropical storm6313
1988Keith NovTropical storm638
1985Bob JulTropical storm4660
1968Abby JunTropical storm6340
1966Unnamed JulTropical storm4623
1966Alma JunCategory 210446
1960Donna SepCategory 210442
1959Judith OctTropical storm6349
1959Unnamed JunTropical storm4643
1953Hazel OctCategory 18654
1951How OctTropical storm6351
1950Easy SepCategory 29849

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s23
1960s22
1970s00
1980s02
1990s01
2000s23
2010s11
2020s30

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 Whitfield 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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