NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Jacksonville, FL
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
90 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Jacksonville, Florida since 1851, 20 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Debby in 2024. Since 1950, 126 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 20
- Tropical storms
- 70
- Tornadoes
- 126
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for Jacksonville
The strongest storm to pass near Jacksonville was an unnamed storm in 1898, a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds when its centre passed 42 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1888, whose centre came within 2 miles. The record near Jacksonville begins with an unnamed storm in 1853; the most recent system was Debby in 2024, a tropical storm 53 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 13 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 90 systems, 12 have come since 2000. Of the 407 Florida cities on this site, 71% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Jacksonville. The highest rating among the 126 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 11 times; the most recent, on August 12, 2004, came within 8 miles. The deadliest, an F0 on June 11, 2001, killed 1 person. Of the 126, 20 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 53 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 25. The most recent tornado was on May 29, 2025. Jacksonville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 53% of the 407 Florida cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 203 times since 1955, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Jacksonville has more hail reports within 10 miles than 98% of the 407 Florida cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Jacksonville
Of the 90 tracks on the map, 36 were moving northeast as they passed Jacksonville, 25 north and 12 northwest. The unnamed 1898 storm, the strongest pass, was heading northwest and came ashore 44 miles north of Jacksonville. Within 75 miles of Jacksonville, 16 of the 90 came ashore, 2 of them as hurricanes. In the last 30 seasons (1996–2025), 13 came near Jacksonville: 4.3 a decade, against 5.3 a decade from 1851 to 1995.
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DebbyAug 6 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | EtaNov 12 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2016 | MatthewOct 7 | 59 mi | Category 3 (112 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2016 | JuliaSep 14 | overhead | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2016 | ColinJun 7 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 7 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | BerylMay 28 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | FayAug 22 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | TammyOct 5 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 14 | 52 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2002 | KyleOct 11 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | EdouardSep 5 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1996 | JosephineOct 8 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1988 | ChrisAug 28 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | IsabelOct 10 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | BobJul 24 | 69 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1984 | IsidoreSep 28 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1982 | Unnamed 1982 stormJun 18 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1981 | DennisAug 19 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 4 | 42 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1976 | Unnamed 1976 stormSep 14 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1976 | Unnamed 1976 stormMay 23 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1972 | AlphaMay 28 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | GladysOct 19 | 41 mi | Category 1 (82 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1968 | BrendaJun 20 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1968 | AbbyJun 6 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormOct 18 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | HildaOct 5 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | DoraSep 10 | 24 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | CleoAug 28 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 11 | 55 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 29 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | KingOct 18 | 50 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1950 | EasySep 7 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormOct 7 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 24 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1946 | Unnamed 1946 stormOct 8 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 17 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormJun 24 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 19 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 30 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormJul 30 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormAug 22 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 15 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1930 | Unnamed 1930 stormSep 10 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 18 | 3 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormJul 28 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 30 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormOct 1 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 15 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 2 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 17 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJul 15 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormOct 19 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormOct 21 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 12 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormOct 5 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormOct 2 | 42 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 29 | 42 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 26 | 36 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 13 | 53 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 27 | 58 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormJun 16 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormJun 17 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormOct 11 | 2 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 9 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 19 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 12 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 21 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormAug 31 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormAug 25 | 50 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1884 | Unnamed 1884 stormSep 10 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormOct 11 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormOct 8 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormSep 8 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 28 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 11 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 11 | 33 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 27 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormSep 20 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 28 | 13 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormSep 23 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormJun 2 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormSep 7 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 18 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1868 | Unnamed 1868 stormOct 5 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormOct 7 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 8 | 60 mi | Category 3 (123 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1853 | Unnamed 1853 stormOct 21 | 49 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Jacksonville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Jacksonville
By decade
- 2020s14
- 2010s11
- 2000s28
- 1990s19
- 1980s11
- 1970s21
- 1960s13
- 1950s9
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2004 | F2 | 8 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 29, 2001 | F2 | 19 mi | 12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 1996 | F2 | 5 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1974 | F2 | 15 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| May 12, 1974 | F2 | 12 mi | 17.5 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Jun 6, 1964 | F2 | 8 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 4, 1960 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 1960 | F2 | 12 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 5 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 6 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 10 mi | 6.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | EF1 | 4 mi | 1.41 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 126, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Jacksonville
The Storm Prediction Center has 203 hail reports within 10 miles of Jacksonville since 1955, made on 142 separate days. Of these, 88 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on June 3, 1999. The most recent report is from June 9, 2023. June has the most reports, 54.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Jacksonville
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Jacksonville NAS, FL, 5 miles southwest of Jacksonville at 20 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 76°F; January is the coolest, at 66°F and 47°F. June is the wettest at 7.3 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 2.0 inches; the year adds up to 47.7 inches over 76 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 66% of the year's precipitation (31.3 of 47.7 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 90 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (30); a normal October there has highs of 82°F and 3.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 97 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 4 nights a year. That 47.7 inches is more than at 8 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (6%). Atlantic Beach, 14 miles east, has its own station (Mayport Pilot Stn, FL): 48.6 inches a year, 0.9 more than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 92°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Jacksonville University, FL, 4 miles north, averaged 86°F in August and 58°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from June to September. Sea level at the Mayport tide gauge, 14 miles from Jacksonville, has risen 1.15 ± 0.05 inches per decade from 1928 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 11.5 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 65 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 66 | 47 | 2.9 | 5 | 58 |
| Feb | 69 | 50 | 2.3 | 5 | 62 |
| Mar | 74 | 55 | 3.1 | 6 | 68 |
| Apr | 81 | 61 | 2.4 | 4 | 73 |
| May | 86 | 69 | 3.2 | 5 | 79 |
| Jun | 90 | 74 | 7.3 | 10 | 84 |
| Jul | 92 | 76 | 6.0 | 10 | 86 |
| Aug | 91 | 76 | 6.3 | 10 | 86 |
| Sep | 88 | 74 | 6.1 | 8 | 83 |
| Oct | 82 | 66 | 3.6 | 5 | 76 |
| Nov | 73 | 56 | 2.0 | 4 | 69 |
| Dec | 68 | 50 | 2.5 | 4 | 62 |
| Year | 80 | 63 | 47.7 | 76 | 74 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Jacksonville NAS, FL (20 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Jacksonville University, FL, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Jacksonville
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 753 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Jacksonville: 446 thunderstorm wind reports, 155 heavy rain events, 76 floods, 45 lightning strikes and 31 flash floods. They killed 3 people and injured 15, and the NWS estimated $17.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 108 mph, on May 27, 1997. June has had the most flash floods, 10 of 31. Of the 277 Florida cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 256 have had fewer than Jacksonville.
July 1, 2007: lightning strike 4 miles from the centre of Jacksonville — 1 killed, 1 injured.
NWS: “Lightning struck a pine tree in a courtyard near Greenbrier Apartments off of Justina Road in Arlington. The lightning charge then dispersed through an adjacent puddle and killed one man.”
August 20, 2015: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Jacksonville — 1 killed.
July 7, 2021: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Jacksonville — 1 killed.
NWS: “A tree was blown down onto 2 cars on Roosevelt Blvd. One 25 yr old male driving one of the cars was killed instantly when the large tree fell onto his vehicle.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Jacksonville's 28 ZIP codes have filed 4,936 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $192.8 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irma in 2017: 1,873 claims (38% of all) and $139.9 million, then Tropical Storm Fay in 2008 with 358 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016 with 284. 75% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 340 Florida cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 321 have fewer than Jacksonville.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Irma2017 | 1,873 | $139.9 million |
| Tropical Storm Fay2008 | 358 | $7.2 million |
| Hurricane Matthew2016 | 284 | $6.3 million |
| Tropical Storm Debby2012 | 229 | $3.4 million |
| Hurricane Jeanne2004 | 224 | $5.7 million |
| Hurricane Nicole2022 | 191 | $9.0 million |
Duval County, which includes Jacksonville, has been named in 41 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1968, 24 of them major disasters (by incident: 22 hurricanes, 7 severe storms, 4 fires, 4 tropical storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Milton, on October 11, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Duval County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for lightning; Relatively High for hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, inland flooding, coastal flooding and heat waves; Relatively Moderate for strong wind. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $263.9 million a year, the 11th highest of 67 Florida counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $134.4 million (51%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Jacksonville in the notable storm records: Hurricane Irma (2017)
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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