Hurricane History Map

Hurricanes that hit Monroe County, Florida: hurricane history

123 storms have passed within 50 km of Monroe County from 1852 to 2022, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Monroe County

The record holds 123 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Monroe County, Florida between 1852 and 2022. The busiest month is October, with 34 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 12 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 123storms within 50 km
  • 25major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 50at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Monroe County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1714%
Tropical storm4436%
Category 11411%
Category 2119%
Category 3119%
Category 41311%
Category 51<1%
Unknown intensity1210%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Monroe County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 13 in 1960s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1852, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s8
1860s7
1870s7
1880s7
1890s8
1900s8
1910s4
1920s7
1930s5
1940s10
1950s7
1960s13
1970s5
1980s7
1990s7
2000s5
2010s4
2020s4

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 34 in Oct.Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr0May3Jun11Jul8Aug25Sep33Oct34Nov8Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun11
Jul8
Aug25
Sep33
Oct34
Nov8
Dec0

Strongest storms near Monroe County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1935 (North Atlantic)29 August 1935 to 10 September 1935, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 892 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1919 (North Atlantic)2 September 1919 to 16 September 1919, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 927 hPa
  • Andrew (1992)16 August 1992 to 28 August 1992, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 922 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1926 (North Atlantic)11 September 1926 to 22 September 1926, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Donna (1960)29 August 1960 to 14 September 1960, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa

Most recent storms near Monroe County

  • Ian (2022)22 September 2022 to 1 October 2022, Category 4 (120 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 937 hPa
  • Elsa (2021)30 June 2021 to 10 July 2021, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 991 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Monroe County

  • Wilma (2005)15 October 2005 to 26 October 2005, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 882 hPa
  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Andrew (1992)16 August 1992 to 28 August 1992, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 922 hPa
  • Katrina (2005)23 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 902 hPa
  • Ian (2022)22 September 2022 to 1 October 2022, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 937 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa
  • Charley (2004)9 August 2004 to 15 August 2004, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 947 hPa
  • Donna (1960)29 August 1960 to 14 September 1960, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • King (1950)13 October 1950 to 20 October 1950, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 955 hPa

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