NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Neptune Beach, 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
95 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Neptune Beach, Florida since 1851, 20 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Debby in 2024. Since 1950, 106 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 20
- Tropical storms
- 75
- Tornadoes
- 106
- 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 Neptune Beach
The strongest storm to pass near Neptune Beach was an unnamed storm in 1898, a Category 4 hurricane with 132 mph winds when its centre passed 33 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1888, whose centre came within 6 miles. The record near Neptune Beach begins with an unnamed storm in 1853; the most recent system was Debby in 2024, a tropical storm 62 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 13 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 95 systems, 13 have come since 2000. Of the 407 Florida cities on this site, 71% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Neptune Beach. The highest rating among the 106 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 8 times; the most recent, on August 12, 2004, came within 18 miles. The deadliest, an F0 on June 11, 2001, killed 1 person. Of the 106, 9 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 44 have come since 2000. September has had the most tornadoes, 23. The most recent tornado was on May 29, 2025. Of the 407 Florida cities, 64% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Neptune Beach. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 62 times since 1960, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). Neptune Beach has more hail reports within 10 miles than 71% of the 407 Florida cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Neptune Beach
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DebbyAug 6 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | EtaNov 12 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2016 | MatthewOct 7 | 45 mi | Category 3 (112 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2016 | JuliaSep 14 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2016 | ColinJun 7 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 7 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | BerylMay 28 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | FayAug 22 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2007 | BarryJun 3 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2005 | TammyOct 5 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 14 | 39 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2002 | KyleOct 11 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2002 | EdouardSep 4 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1996 | JosephineOct 8 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1988 | ChrisAug 28 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | IsabelOct 10 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | BobJul 24 | 55 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1984 | IsidoreSep 28 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1984 | DianaSep 10 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1982 | Unnamed 1982 stormJun 18 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1981 | DennisAug 19 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 4 | 28 mi | Category 2 (97 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1976 | Unnamed 1976 stormSep 14 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1976 | Unnamed 1976 stormMay 24 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1972 | AlphaMay 27 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | GladysOct 19 | 32 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1968 | DollyAug 11 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1968 | BrendaJun 20 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1968 | AbbyJun 6 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1965 | Unnamed 1965 stormOct 18 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1964 | HildaOct 5 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | DoraSep 10 | 28 mi | Category 2 (102 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1964 | CleoAug 28 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 11 | 44 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 29 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1956 | Unnamed 1956 stormOct 16 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | KingOct 18 | 63 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1950 | EasySep 7 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormOct 7 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 24 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1946 | Unnamed 1946 stormOct 8 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 17 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormJun 24 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 19 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormAug 30 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormJul 30 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1936 | Unnamed 1936 stormAug 22 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1932 | Unnamed 1932 stormSep 15 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1930 | Unnamed 1930 stormSep 10 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 18 | 9 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1926 | Unnamed 1926 stormJul 28 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 30 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1919 | Unnamed 1919 stormOct 1 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 15 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 2 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1914 | Unnamed 1914 stormSep 17 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1912 | Unnamed 1912 stormJul 15 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormOct 19 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1906 | Unnamed 1906 stormOct 21 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 12 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormOct 5 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormOct 2 | 33 mi | Category 4 (132 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 21 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 29 | 53 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 26 | 23 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 13 | 40 mi | Category 3 (121 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 27 | 44 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormJun 16 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormJun 17 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormOct 11 | 6 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 9 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 30 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 19 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 30 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormSep 21 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormAug 31 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormAug 25 | 36 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1884 | Unnamed 1884 stormSep 10 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormOct 11 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormOct 8 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormSep 8 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 28 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 11 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 11 | 23 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 27 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormSep 20 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 28 | 23 mi | Category 1 (74 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormSep 23 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormJun 2 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormSep 7 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 18 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1868 | Unnamed 1868 stormOct 5 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1867 | Unnamed 1867 stormOct 7 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1854 | Unnamed 1854 stormSep 8 | 47 mi | Category 3 (124 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1853 | Unnamed 1853 stormOct 20 | 36 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 Neptune Beach: 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 Neptune Beach
By decade
- 2020s11
- 2010s9
- 2000s24
- 1990s18
- 1980s9
- 1970s17
- 1960s10
- 1950s8
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2004 | F2 | 18 mi | 7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 2, 1996 | F2 | 16 mi | 6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 1974 | F2 | 21 mi | 4.3 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 6, 1964 | F2 | 16 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 1960 | F2 | 15 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 18 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 20 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 1957 | F2 | 20 mi | 6.4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | EF1 | 9 mi | 1.41 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 7, 2021 | EF1 | 12 mi | 3.71 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 24, 2020 | EF1 | 10 mi | 0.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 24, 2020 | EF1 | 17 mi | 0.87 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 106, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Neptune Beach
The Storm Prediction Center has 62 hail reports within 10 miles of Neptune Beach since 1960, made on 41 separate days. Of these, 32 were 1 inch across or larger, and 3 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on May 31, 2017. The most recent report is from May 10, 2025. May has the most reports, 21.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Neptune Beach
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Jacksonville Beach, FL, 2 miles south of Neptune Beach at 10 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 77°F; January is the coolest, at 65°F and 49°F. August is the wettest at 7.5 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 2.5 inches; the year adds up to 52.4 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 65% of the year's precipitation (34.0 of 52.4 inches); the other six months are drier. Highs reach 90°F on about 36 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 4 nights a year. That 52.4 inches is more than at 41 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (33%). Atlantic Beach, 2 miles north, has its own station (Mayport Pilot Stn, FL): 48.6 inches a year, 3.8 less than here, and a July average high of 90°F against 89°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Mayport (Bar Pilots Dock), FL, 6 miles north, averaged 84°F in August and 59°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from June to September. Sea level at the Mayport tide gauge, 6 miles from Neptune Beach, 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 | 65 | 49 | 3.5 | 6 | 59 |
| Feb | 68 | 52 | 2.8 | 6 | 60 |
| Mar | 72 | 57 | 3.2 | 5 | 64 |
| Apr | 77 | 63 | 3.0 | 4 | 71 |
| May | 83 | 70 | 2.9 | 4 | 77 |
| Jun | 87 | 75 | 6.8 | 9 | 81 |
| Jul | 89 | 77 | 4.9 | 8 | 83 |
| Aug | 89 | 77 | 7.5 | 10 | 84 |
| Sep | 86 | 76 | 7.2 | 9 | 83 |
| Oct | 80 | 69 | 5.1 | 6 | 76 |
| Nov | 73 | 60 | 2.5 | 4 | 69 |
| Dec | 67 | 53 | 3.0 | 4 | 63 |
| Year | 78 | 65 | 52.4 | 75 | 72 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Jacksonville Beach, FL (10 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Mayport (Bar Pilots Dock), 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 Neptune Beach
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 327 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Neptune Beach: 178 thunderstorm wind reports, 99 heavy rain events, 24 floods, 23 lightning strikes and 3 flash floods. They killed 0 people and injured 14, and the NWS estimated $39.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 92 mph, on August 1, 2013.
July 31, 2006: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Neptune Beach — 7 injured.
August 18, 2014: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Neptune Beach — 2 injured.
July 21, 2015: lightning strike in Neptune Beach — 2 injured.
NWS: “A lightning strike indirectly injured 2 people at a restaurant in Jacksonville Beach off of Atlantic Blvd.”
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 Neptune Beach's ZIP code 32266 have filed 108 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $430,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irma in 2017: 10 claims (9% of all) and $21,000. The year with the most claims was 1995, with 14. 43% 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, 113 have fewer than Neptune Beach.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Irma2017 | 10 | $21,000 |
Duval County, which includes Neptune Beach, 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).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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