NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Naples, 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
78 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Naples, Florida since 1851, 32 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ian in 2022. Since 1950, 84 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 32
- Tropical storms
- 46
- Tornadoes
- 84
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
2 deaths in all
What the records show for Naples
The strongest storm to pass near Naples was an unnamed storm in 1935, a Category 5 hurricane with 158 mph winds when its centre passed 15 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Irma in 2017, whose centre crossed the city. The record near Naples begins with an unnamed storm in 1859; the most recent system was Ian in 2022, a Category 4 hurricane 45 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 8 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 78 systems, 10 have come since 2000. Naples has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 79% of the 407 Florida cities on this site. The highest rating among the 84 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2 or EF2, reached 5 times; the most recent, on October 9, 2024, came within 25 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on November 9, 1968, killed 2 people. Of the 84, 13 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 29 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 17. Of the 407 Florida cities, 80% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Naples. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 37 times since 1995, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 407 Florida cities, 49% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Naples.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Naples
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | IanSep 28 | 45 mi | Category 4 (146 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2022 | AlexJun 4 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2020 | SallySep 12 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 2018 | GordonSep 3 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2017 | IrmaSep 10 | overhead | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2008 | FayAug 19 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2006 | ErnestoAug 30 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | WilmaOct 24 | 18 mi | Category 3 (119 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2005 | KatrinaAug 26 | 60 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 13 | 38 mi | Category 4 (147 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1999 | IreneOct 15 | 63 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1999 | HarveySep 21 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1998 | MitchNov 5 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1994 | GordonNov 16 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1992 | AndrewAug 24 | 37 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1990 | MarcoOct 11 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | BobJul 23 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1981 | DennisAug 17 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1976 | DottieAug 19 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1969 | JennyOct 2 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | AbbyJun 4 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1966 | Unnamed 1966 stormJun 30 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1966 | AlmaJun 9 | 69 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1965 | BetsySep 8 | 70 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | IsbellOct 14 | 33 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 10 | 2 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | JudithOct 18 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormOct 16 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1953 | HazelOct 9 | 43 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1952 | Unnamed 1952 stormFeb 3 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1951 | HowOct 2 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1950 | KingOct 18 | 68 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1950 | EasySep 3 | 67 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1948 | Unnamed 1948 stormSep 22 | 34 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormOct 12 | 62 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 18 | 9 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 16 | 28 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 4 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 19 | 58 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormOct 6 | 5 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJul 29 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormJun 15 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1935 | Unnamed 1935 stormNov 5 | 37 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1935 | Unnamed 1935 stormSep 3 | 15 mi | Category 5 (158 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormJul 31 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormAug 30 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormSep 29 | 44 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 13 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormSep 18 | 5 mi | Category 2 (105 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1925 | Unnamed 1925 stormDec 1 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormOct 21 | 26 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormAug 25 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 14 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormOct 18 | 21 mi | Category 3 (113 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormAug 29 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJun 29 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormSep 19 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormOct 18 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 12 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1901 | Unnamed 1901 stormAug 11 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormJul 30 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 21 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormOct 9 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1895 | Unnamed 1895 stormOct 16 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 25 | 18 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormJun 10 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormOct 7 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1891 | Unnamed 1891 stormAug 25 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormOct 6 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 17 | 20 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 8 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormJul 2 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormOct 20 | 29 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormOct 7 | 36 mi | Category 3 (114 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1870 | Unnamed 1870 stormOct 20 | 5 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1865 | Unnamed 1865 stormOct 23 | 63 mi | Category 2 (101 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormNov 1 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormOct 18 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Naples: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Naples
By decade
- 2020s8
- 2010s8
- 2000s13
- 1990s27
- 1980s9
- 1970s9
- 1960s9
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 1968 | F2 | 2 mi | 45.6 mi | 2 / 17 |
| Oct 9, 2024 | EF2 | 25 mi | 16.29 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 11, 1968 | F2 | 3 mi | 65.4 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 10, 1962 | F2 | 16 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1962 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Dec 21, 2021 | EF1 | 24 mi | 1.29 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Sep 19, 2004 | F1 | 6 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 12, 2004 | F1 | 3 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Mar 27, 2003 | F1 | 3 mi | 1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 17, 2000 | F1 | 24 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jan 24, 2000 | F1 | 17 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 20, 1999 | F1 | 7 mi | 0.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 84, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Naples
The Storm Prediction Center has 37 hail reports within 10 miles of Naples since 1995, made on 28 separate days. Of these, 17 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on July 3, 1997. The most recent report is from August 3, 2022. June has the most reports, 12.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Naples
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Naples, FL, 3 miles southeast of Naples at 40 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 73°F; January is the coolest, at 74°F and 52°F. August is the wettest at 10.8 inches of precipitation on average and March and November the driest at 1.9 inches; the year adds up to 61.4 inches over 89 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 75% of the year's precipitation (46.0 of 61.4 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 78 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (25); a normal October there has highs of 86°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 121 days a year, almost all from April to October. A night below freezing comes less than once a year on average. That 61.4 inches is more than at 99 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (79%). Bonita Springs, 12 miles northwest, has its own station (Fort Myers SW Fl Regional Airport, FL): 53.5 inches a year, 7.9 less than here, and the same August average high, 91°F.
Sea level at the Naples tide gauge, 7 miles from Naples, has risen 1.32 ± 0.08 inches per decade from 1965 to 2023, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 13.2 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 78 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 74 | 52 | 2.7 | 4 |
| Feb | 77 | 54 | 2.1 | 3 |
| Mar | 79 | 57 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Apr | 83 | 61 | 2.5 | 4 |
| May | 87 | 66 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Jun | 89 | 71 | 9.6 | 13 |
| Jul | 91 | 72 | 9.8 | 14 |
| Aug | 91 | 73 | 10.8 | 15 |
| Sep | 90 | 72 | 10.0 | 13 |
| Oct | 86 | 68 | 3.9 | 7 |
| Nov | 81 | 60 | 1.9 | 3 |
| Dec | 76 | 55 | 2.2 | 4 |
| Year | 84 | 63 | 61.4 | 89 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Naples, FL (40 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. 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 Naples
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 81 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Naples: 40 thunderstorm wind reports, 19 lightning strikes, 17 floods, 4 flash floods and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 2 people and injured 10, and the NWS estimated $4.5 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on January 17, 2016.
August 31, 2024: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of Naples — 1 killed, 1 injured.
NWS: “Local broadcast media reported two males sustaining injuries from a lightning strike in the water next to Naples Pier. Time is based on data from the National Lightning Detection Network.”
May 28, 2016: lightning strike 5 miles from the centre of Naples — 1 killed.
NWS: “OSHA reported a fatality due to a lightning strike to a construction worker who was struck while working on a roof. The date of death was reported to be the following day, May 29th, 2016.”
April 17, 1999: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Naples — 3 injured, $25,000 damage.
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 Naples's 14 ZIP codes have filed 11,431 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $1.02 billion for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Ian in 2022: 6,348 claims (56% of all) and $851.6 million, then Hurricane Irma in 2017 with 1,832 and Hurricane Milton in 2024 with 1,194. 91% 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, 335 have fewer than Naples.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Ian2022 | 6,348 | $851.6 million |
| Hurricane Irma2017 | 1,832 | $38.9 million |
| Hurricane Milton2024 | 1,194 | $95.5 million |
| Hurricane Helene2024 | 367 | $26.2 million |
| Hurricane Wilma2005 | 268 | $2.4 million |
| Torrential rain2001 | 98 | $1.5 million |
Collier County, which includes Naples, has been named in 54 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 31 of them major disasters (by incident: 25 hurricanes, 9 fires, 6 severe storms, 5 tropical storms). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Milton, on October 11, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Collier County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hurricanes, coastal flooding and lightning; Relatively High for inland flooding; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and heat waves; Relatively Low for strong wind; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $398.2 million a year, the 7th highest of 67 Florida counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $216.0 million (54%), is from hurricanes.
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).
Naples in the notable storm records: Hurricane Ian (2022) · Hurricane Irma (2017)
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Naples
- Bonita Springs, FL12 mi
- Estero, FL17 mi
- Marco Island, FL17 mi
- Fort Myers Beach, FL22 mi
- Immokalee, FL25 mi
- Fort Myers, FL27 mi
- Lehigh Acres, FL28 mi
- Sanibel, FL29 mi
- St James City, FL33 mi
- Cape Coral, FL35 mi
- Alva, FL37 mi
- North Fort Myers, FL37 mi
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