Storms in Florida

Hurricane Storms in Florida Ian is forecast to continue rapidly strengthening to a Category 4 storm as it makes its way toward the Florida coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ian is expected to strengthen as it moves over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before what is predicted to be an extremely dangerous landfall in southwestern Florida.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the storm is projected to hit Venice, Fla. on Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane with winds up to 125 miles per hour.

Rainfall is expected to bring flash, urban, river, and small stream flooding to central Florida, southern Georgia, and the South Carolina coast, well beyond the hurricane’s path.

Tropical Storm Ian Expected to Impact Cuba and Florida as Hurricane; All of South Florida Out of Cone – NBC 6 South Florida

THE LIST OF STORMS IN FLORIDA

The List of Florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of Florida. More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state,^[1] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.

Collectively, cyclones that hit the region have resulted in over 10,000 deaths, most of which occurring prior to the start of hurricane hunter flights in 1943. Additionally, the cumulative impact from the storms totaled over US$216.1 billion in damage (2018 dollars), primarily from Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Michael in the 1992, 2017, and 2018 seasons respectively.

**Hurricane Michael making landfall on the Florida Panhandle in October 2018. Michael became the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the state since Hurricane Andrew.**

CLIMATOLOGY

In a 1934 study published in the Monthly Weather Review, the U.S. The Weather Bureau named Key West and Pensacola the most hurricane-prone cities in Florida; Key West experiences storms developing from the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, while Pensacola has experienced hurricanes crossing the state as well as storms recurring in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak strength.

**Florida major hurricanes (Storms in Florida)**
Storm	Saffir–Simpson Category	Date of landfall	Year	Landfall Intensity (in knots)	Landfall Location
Wilma	3	October 24	2005	105	Cape Romano
Unnamed	3	August 17	1871	100	Jupiter Island
Unnamed	3	October 7	1873	100	Captiva Island
Unnamed	3	October 3	1877	100	Panama City
Unnamed	3	September 10	1882	110	Navarre
Unnamed	3	August 16	1888	110	Miami Beach
Unnamed	3	October 9	1894	105	Panama City
Unnamed	3	September 29	1896	110	Cedar Key
Unnamed	3	October 18	1906	105	Marathon
Unnamed	3	October 11	1909	100	Marathon
Unnamed	3	September 29	1917	100	Fort Walton Beach
Unnamed	4	September 10	1919	130	Dry Tortugas
Unnamed	3	September 4	1933	110	Jupiter
Unnamed	3	October 18	1944	105	Dry Tortugas
Unnamed	4	September 15	1945	115	North Key Largo
Unnamed	4	September 17	1947	115	Fort Lauderdale
Unnamed	4	September 21–22	1948	115	Near Chokoloskee
Unnamed	4	August 26	1949	115	Lake Worth
Opal	3	October 4	1995	100	Pensacola Beach
Okeechobee	4	September 17	1928	125	Palm Beach
Michael	5	October 10	2018	140	Panama City, Mexico Beach
Labor Day	5	September 3	1935	160	Craig Key
King	4	October 18	1950	115	Coconut Grove, Miami
Jeanne	3	September 26	2004	105	Hutchinson Island
Ivan	3	September 16	2004	105	Near Gulf Shores, Alabama*
Irma	4	September 10	2017	115	Cudjoe Key
Great Middle Florida	3	August 23	1851	100	Panama City
Great Miami	4	September 18–20	1926	125	Palmetto Bay
Eloise	3	September 23	1975	110	Near Destin
Elena	3	September 2	1985	100	Gulfport, Mississippi*
Easy	3	September 5	1950	105	Near Cedar Key
Donna	4	September 10	1960	125	Conch Key
Dennis	3	July 10	2005	105	Santa Rosa Island
Charley	4	August 13	2004	130	Cayo Costa
Betsy	3	September 8	1965	100	Tavernier
Andrew	5	August 24	1992	145	Near Homestead
Alma	4	June 8	1966	125	Dry Tortugas