Florida Major Hurricanes
The following major hurricanes either made landfall on the state or brought winds of Category 3 status to the state. Storms are listed since 1851, which is the official start of the Atlantic hurricane database. Originally, hurricanes were classified by central pressure in the 20th century; however, modern practices quantify storm intensities by maximum sustained winds. United States hurricanes are still classified by central pressure from 1921–1979; therefore, the maximum sustained winds in the Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT) are utilized for storms from 1921–1979, since this period has not been reanalyzed by the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis project.
| Storm | Saffir-Simpson Category |
Date of landfall | Year | Landfall Intensity (in knots) |
Landfall Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Middle Florida | 3 | August 23 | 1851 | 100 | Panama City |
| 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 | 100 | Navarre |
| Unnamed | 3 | August 16 | 1888 | 110 | Miami Beach |
| Unnamed | 3 | October 9 | 1894 | 105 | Panama City |
| Unnamed | 3 | September 10 | 1896 | 110 | Cedar Key |
| Unnamed | 3 | October 18 | 1906 | 105 | Marathon Everglades National Park |
| Unnamed | 3 | October 11 | 1909 | 100 | Marathon |
| Unnamed | 3 | September 29 | 1917 | 100 | Okaloosa County |
| Unnamed | 4 | September 10 | 1919 | 130 | Offshore Florida Keys |
| Great Miami | 4 | September 18 | 1926 | 125 | Perrine |
| Okeechobee | 4 | September 17 | 1928 | 125 | Palm Beach |
| Unnamed | 3 | September 4 | 1933 | 110 | Jupiter |
| Labor Day | 5 | September 3 | 1935 | 160 | Craig Key |
| Unnamed | 3 | October 6 | 1941 | 105 | Goulds |
| Unnamed | 4 | September 15 | 1945 | 120 | Upper Florida Keys |
| Unnamed | 4 | September 17 | 1947 | 135 | Fort Lauderdale |
| Unnamed | 3 | September 21 | 1948 | 105 | Lower Florida Keys Everglades National Park |
| Unnamed | 3 | October 5 | 1948 | 110 | Marathon Everglades National Park |
| Unnamed | 4 | August 26 | 1949 | 130 | Palm Beach Shores |
| Easy | 3 | September 5 | 1950 | 105 | Cedar Key |
| King | 3 | October 18 | 1950 | 105 | Miami |
| Donna | 4 | September 10 | 1960 | 120 | Key Vaca Naples |
| Betsy | 3 | September 8 | 1965 | 110 | Upper Florida Keys |
| Eloise | 3 | September 23 | 1975 | 110 | Bay County |
| Elena | 3 | September 2 | 1985 | 100 | Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Andrew | 5 | August 24 | 1992 | 145 | Homestead |
| Opal | 3 | October 4 | 1995 | 100 | Pensacola Beach |
| Charley | 4 | August 13 | 2004 | 130 | Cayo Costa Punta Gorda |
| Frances | 2 | September 5 | 2004 | 105 | Sewall's Point, Florida |
| Ivan | 3 | September 16 | 2004 | 105 | Gulf Shores, Alabama |
| Jeanne | 3 | September 26 | 2004 | 105 | Hutchinson Island |
| Dennis | 3 | July 10 | 2005 | 105 | Santa Rosa Island |
| Katrina | 3 | August 23 | 2005 | 105 | Hallandale/Miramar FL |
| Wilma | 3 | October 24 | 2005 | 105 | Cape Romano |
Read more about this topic: List Of Florida Hurricanes
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