Free · Florida hurricane history

Every Florida hurricane since 1851

143 hurricanes passed within 50 miles of Florida from 1851 through 2025; 102 made landfall here.¹ The last 20 years had 11, and 7 of them were Category 3 or stronger near Florida.

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Southwest Florida · 51 hurricanes within 50 miles
Tampa Bay · 41 hurricanes within 50 miles
Central Florida · 46 hurricanes within 50 miles
Heartland · 51 hurricanes within 50 miles
North Central Florida · 41 hurricanes within 50 miles
Northeast Florida · 29 hurricanes within 50 miles
Space Coast and Daytona · 46 hurricanes within 50 miles
Southeast Florida · 60 hurricanes within 50 miles
Florida Keys · 56 hurricanes within 50 miles
Big Bend and Nature Coast · 58 hurricanes within 50 miles
Panhandle · 52 hurricanes within 50 miles

Depression Tropical storm Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5 ● landfall

Map: NOAA hurricane tracks¹ on Census Bureau outlines.²

Every 20 years

Period	Hurricanes within 50 miles	Landfall in Florida	Category 3+ near Florida
1851–1865	12	5	2
1866–1885	20	14	4
1886–1905	22	15	6
1906–1925	15	12	8
1926–1945	19	14	10
1946–1965	17	15	9
1966–1985	11	6	4
1986–2005	16	12	8
2006–2025	11	9	7

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How to read this

Each line is one hurricane's path, colored by its strength at that point. Dots are landfalls.
A storm is counted if its center came within 50 miles while it was at hurricane strength. Tropical storms aren't shown, though they also bring floods.
Records before the 1950s come from ships, coastal towns and newspapers, so storms that stayed offshore were sometimes missed. Older periods likely look calmer than they were.
This shows where storms went, not the risk on your street. For that, look up your flood zone and your evacuation zone.

The storms

2024 · Milton Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
2024 · Helene Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
2024 · Debby Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
2023 · Idalia Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
2022 · Nicole Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
2022 · Ian Category 5 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3, then Category 4
2020 · Sally Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
2018 · Michael Category 5 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 5
2017 · Irma Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4, then Category 3
2016 · Matthew Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
2016 · Hermine Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
2005 · Wilma Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
2005 · Rita Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
2005 · Katrina Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
2005 · Dennis Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
2004 · Ivan Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
2004 · Jeanne Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
2004 · Charley Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
2004 · Frances Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1999 · Irene Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1998 · Georges Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1998 · Earl Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1997 · Danny Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1995 · Opal Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1995 · Erin Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1992 · Andrew Category 5 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 5
1987 · Floyd Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1985 · Kate Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1985 · Elena Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1982 · Alberto Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1979 · David Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1979 · Frederic Category 4 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1975 · Eloise Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1972 · Agnes Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1968 · Gladys Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1968 · Abby Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1966 · Inez Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1966 · Alma Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1965 · Betsy Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1964 · Isbell Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1964 · Cleo Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1964 · Dora Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1960 · Donna Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4, then Category 3
1956 · Flossy Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1953 · Hazel Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1953 · Florence Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1950 · King Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
1950 · Easy Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3, then Category 2
1950 · Baker Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1949 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
1948 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1948 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3, then Category 4
1947 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1947 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
1946 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1945 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
1945 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1944 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3, then Category 2
1941 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2, then Category 1
1939 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1936 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1935 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1935 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1935 · Unnamed hurricane Category 5 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 5, then Category 2
1933 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1933 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1933 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1932 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1929 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3, then Category 1
1928 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
1928 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1926 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1926 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4, then Category 3
1926 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1924 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1924 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1921 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1919 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 4
1917 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1916 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1916 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1915 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1915 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1912 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1911 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1910 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1909 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1906 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1906 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1904 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1903 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1900 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1899 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1898 · Unnamed hurricane Category 4 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1898 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1897 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1896 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1896 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1894 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1894 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1893 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1893 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1893 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1891 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1888 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1888 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1887 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1886 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1886 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1886 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1886 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1885 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1882 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1882 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1880 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1880 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2, then Category 1
1878 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1878 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1877 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1877 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1876 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1874 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1873 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1873 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1871 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1871 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3
1871 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1870 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1870 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1870 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1867 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1865 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1861 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1860 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1859 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1859 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1856 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1854 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1853 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1852 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 2
1852 · Unnamed hurricane Category 1 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 1
1852 · Unnamed hurricane Category 2 near Florida; passed near, no landfall in Florida
1851 · Unnamed hurricane Category 3 near Florida; landfall in Florida: Category 3