Hurricane History Map

Hurricanes that hit Miami-Dade County, Florida: hurricane history

85 storms have passed within 50 km of Miami-Dade County from 1857 to 2020, 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 Miami-Dade County

The record holds 85 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Miami-Dade County, Florida between 1857 and 2020. The busiest month is October, with 25 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 6 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 85storms within 50 km
  • 15major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 34at 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 Miami-Dade County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1518%
Tropical storm3035%
Category 11012%
Category 2911%
Category 378%
Category 478%
Category 511%
Unknown intensity67%

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

Miami-Dade County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 11 in 1960s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1857, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s5
1860s2
1870s5
1880s5
1890s5
1900s8
1910s2
1920s4
1930s5
1940s7
1950s7
1960s11
1970s4
1980s4
1990s4
2000s3
2010s2
2020s2

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 25 in Oct.Jan0Feb1Mar0Apr0May2Jun7Jul7Aug18Sep21Oct25Nov4Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun7
Jul7
Aug18
Sep21
Oct25
Nov4
Dec0

Strongest storms near Miami-Dade County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1935 (North Atlantic)29 August 1935 to 10 September 1935, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 892 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
  • Unnamed storm of September 1945 (North Atlantic)12 September 1945 to 20 September 1945, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 949 hPa

Most recent storms near Miami-Dade County

  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa
  • Sally (2020)11 September 2020 to 18 September 2020, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 967 hPa
  • Gordon (2018)2 September 2018 to 7 September 2018, peak Tropical storm (60 kt), 999 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 Miami-Dade County

  • Wilma (2005)15 October 2005 to 26 October 2005, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 882 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gerda (1969)7 September 1969 to 12 September 1969, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 980 hPa
  • Isbell (1964)9 October 1964 to 16 October 1964, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 964 hPa

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