Baker County, Florida Hurricane History

No active tropical cyclones are within 500 miles of Baker County, Florida as of Thursday, 10 September 2026. Official forecasts at nhc.noaa.gov.

Since 1867, 61 tropical cyclones have passed within 50 miles of Baker County, Florida — about one every 2.6 years. Of those, 7 were at hurricane strength at their closest approach. The most recent was Debby (2024), which passed 27 miles away on 5 August 2024.

Storms within 50 mi

At hurricane strength

2.6

Avg. years between

Years since the last

Storm tracks within 50 miles

TS / TDCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Each line is one storm track, coloured by the strongest category it reached while within 50 miles. The dashed ring marks that 50-mile radius; hairlines are one-degree graticule. Source: NOAA NHC HURDAT2.

How strong they get

Cat 3 · 1Cat 2 · 1Cat 1 · 5TS / TD · 54

The 61 storms by the strongest category each reached while within 50 miles. 1 of them reached Cat 3.

Key facts

Most recentDebby (2024) — 27 mi away, 5 August 2024
Strongest stormUnnamed Storm (1896) — 97 kt (112 mph) at its strongest within 50 miles
Closest pass on recordUnnamed Storm (1871) — 3.4 miles
Closest major hurricane (Cat 3+)Unnamed Storm (1896) — 10.0 miles
Passes within 25 miles22 of 61
Peak monthSeptember — 19 storms (31% of all)
Most active year1885 — 3 storms
Most active decade1880s — 8 storms
Major hurricanes (Cat 3+) within 50 mi1
Record span1867–2024

When storms arrive

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Storms by month of closest approach; the peak is highlighted and labelled. In Baker County, Florida, September is the most active month, with 19 of the 61 recorded storms (31%). Activity concentrates in June, September and October, together 72% of all storms. The 1880s was the most active decade on record, with 8 storms. 1 of the 61 storms was major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) while within 50 miles.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
0	0	0	0	5	8	3	7	19	17	2	0

Activity by decade

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Tropical cyclones passing within 50 miles, by decade, 1860s to 2020s. Decades with no storms are shown as empty columns. Comparing two equal 38-year windows inside the aircraft-reconnaissance era: 15 storms in 1950–1987 against 16 in 1988–2025.

1860s	1870s	1880s	1890s	1900s	1910s	1920s	1930s	1940s	1950s	1960s	1970s	1980s	1990s	2000s	2010s	2020s
2	4	8	2	1	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	5	3

Every tropical or subtropical cyclone within 50 miles

Storm	Closest approach	Distance	Status	Wind
Debby (2024)	5 Aug 2024	27.4 mi	TS / TD	47 kt
Mindy (2021)	9 Sep 2021	45.9 mi	TS / TD	32 kt
Eta (2020)	12 Nov 2020	19.7 mi	TS / TD	38 kt
Irma (2017)	11 Sep 2017	44.5 mi	TS / TD	48 kt
Julia (2016)	14 Sep 2016	37.9 mi	TS / TD	40 kt
Colin (2016)	7 Jun 2016	14.6 mi	TS / TD	45 kt
Andrea (2013)	7 Jun 2013	11.1 mi	TS / TD	40 kt
Beryl (2012)	28 May 2012	4.2 mi	TS / TD	37 kt
Fay (2008)	22 Aug 2008	48.8 mi	TS / TD	43 kt
Barry (2007)	2 Jun 2007	26.3 mi	TS / TD	32 kt
Tammy (2005)	6 Oct 2005	35.5 mi	TS / TD	42 kt
Gordon (2000)	18 Sep 2000	21.4 mi	TS / TD	35 kt
Georges (1998)	1 Oct 1998	13.4 mi	TS / TD	22 kt
Gordon (1994)	21 Nov 1994	39.3 mi	TS / TD	20 kt
Marco (1990)	12 Oct 1990	43.2 mi	TS / TD	22 kt
Unnamed Storm (1988)	14 Aug 1988	21.7 mi	TS / TD	30 kt
Isabel (1985)	11 Oct 1985	48.6 mi	TS / TD	30 kt
Isidore (1984)	28 Sep 1984	28.6 mi	TS / TD	45 kt
Unnamed Storm (1984)	14 Jun 1984	31.2 mi	TD	—
Unnamed Storm (1982)	18 Jun 1982	48.8 mi	TS / TD	50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1976)	14 Sep 1976	48.6 mi	TS / TD	25 kt
Unnamed Storm (1976)	23 May 1976	28.9 mi	TS / TD	40 kt
Alpha (1972)	28 May 1972	28.4 mi	TS / TD	30 kt
Alma (1970)	25 May 1970	8.3 mi	TS / TD	30 kt
Unnamed Storm (1966)	2 Jul 1966	41.6 mi	TS / TD	32 kt
Dora (1964)	10 Sep 1964	22.7 mi	TS / TD	62 kt
Unnamed Storm (1964)	6 Jun 1964	42.8 mi	TS / TD	27 kt
Brenda (1960)	29 Jul 1960	28.1 mi	TS / TD	45 kt
Love (1950)	21 Oct 1950	37.2 mi	TS / TD	33 kt
King (1950)	19 Oct 1950	19.4 mi	TS / TD	62 kt
Easy (1950)	7 Sep 1950	13.4 mi	TS / TD	34 kt
Unnamed Storm (1949)	28 Aug 1949	35.7 mi	Cat 1	65 kt
Unnamed Storm (1947)	7 Oct 1947	39.6 mi	TS / TD	42 kt
Unnamed Storm (1946)	8 Oct 1946	11.0 mi	TS / TD	57 kt
Unnamed Storm (1944)	19 Oct 1944	42.1 mi	TS / TD	58 kt
Unnamed Storm (1937)	21 Sep 1937	15.6 mi	TS / TD	20 kt
Unnamed Storm (1936)	22 Aug 1936	49.6 mi	TS / TD	38 kt
Unnamed Storm (1932)	15 Sep 1932	21.4 mi	TS / TD	43 kt
Unnamed Storm (1928)	18 Sep 1928	39.2 mi	Cat 1	65 kt
Unnamed Storm (1926)	28 Jul 1926	4.4 mi	TS / TD	52 kt
Unnamed Storm (1916)	15 May 1916	33.4 mi	TS / TD	35 kt
Unnamed Storm (1915)	2 Aug 1915	25.1 mi	TS / TD	40 kt
Unnamed Storm (1914)	17 Sep 1914	38.4 mi	TS / TD	48 kt
Unnamed Storm (1910)	19 Oct 1910	27.5 mi	TS / TD	50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1900)	12 Oct 1900	14.0 mi	TS / TD	35 kt
Unnamed Storm (1896)	29 Sep 1896	10.0 mi	Cat 2	95 kt
Unnamed Storm (1893)	16 Jun 1893	34.9 mi	TS / TD	48 kt
Unnamed Storm (1889)	17 Jun 1889	40.4 mi	TS / TD	38 kt
Unnamed Storm (1888)	11 Oct 1888	29.2 mi	Cat 1	80 kt
Unnamed Storm (1888)	9 Sep 1888	25.7 mi	TS / TD	43 kt
Unnamed Storm (1885)	12 Oct 1885	31.2 mi	TS / TD	50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1885)	30 Sep 1885	8.6 mi	TS / TD	30 kt
Unnamed Storm (1885)	21 Sep 1885	30.6 mi	TS / TD	42 kt
Unnamed Storm (1882)	11 Oct 1882	21.3 mi	TS / TD	50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1880)	8 Sep 1880	20.9 mi	TS / TD	43 kt
Unnamed Storm (1878)	11 Oct 1878	49.6 mi	TS / TD	40 kt
Unnamed Storm (1874)	28 Sep 1874	22.1 mi	TS / TD	62 kt
Unnamed Storm (1871)	6 Sep 1871	27.6 mi	TS / TD	50 kt
Unnamed Storm (1871)	18 Aug 1871	3.4 mi	TS / TD	60 kt
Unnamed Storm (1868)	4 Oct 1868	43.8 mi	TS / TD	42 kt
Unnamed Storm (1867)	7 Oct 1867	27.4 mi	TS / TD	45 kt

Post-tropical and extratropical passes

A further 3 systems passed within 50 miles after losing tropical characteristics. These are excluded from the counts above because they were no longer tropical cyclones at their closest approach — but several were highly damaging, so they are listed here.

Storm	Status	Closest approach	Distance	Wind
Josephine (1996)	Post-tropical	8 Oct 1996	39.8 mi	45 kt
Hilda (1964)	Post-tropical	5 Oct 1964	47.2 mi	45 kt
Unnamed Storm (1947)	Post-tropical	24 Sep 1947	4.5 mi	47 kt

About this data. Computed from NOAA's HURDAT2 Atlantic and Northeast Pacific hurricane databases (hurdat2-1851-2025-02272026.txt), covering 1867–2025. Tracks are recorded every six hours and are interpolated to one-hour steps before distances are measured, so closest-approach figures are not distorted by the sampling interval. Distances are measured to the county's Census internal point, not to its nearest boundary, so a storm listed at 55 miles may still have crossed the coastline — see Methodology. Records before about 1900 are sparser and less precise than modern ones, and storms that stayed at sea were less likely to be recorded at all.

Storms that came back

1 named storm in this record passed Baker County, Florida more than once.

Gordon — 2 passes (1994, 2000)

How Baker County, Florida compares

Among the 2,208 U.S. counties and county-equivalents that have recorded at least one tropical cyclone within 50 miles, Baker County, Florida ranks #103 — more exposed than 95.3% of them. Within Florida it ranks #46 of 67, against a state average of 63.4 storms per county.

Notable storms

Cat 3 Unnamed Storm (1896) passed 10 miles away on 29 September 1896 as a hurricane, reaching 97 kt (112 mph) while within 50 miles.
Cat 2 Unnamed Storm (1888) passed 29 miles away on 11 October 1888 as a hurricane, reaching 85 kt (98 mph) while within 50 miles.
Cat 1 Dora (1964) passed 23 miles away on 10 September 1964 as a hurricane, reaching 80 kt (92 mph) while within 50 miles.
Cat 1 Unnamed Storm (1928) passed 39 miles away on 18 September 1928 as a hurricane, reaching 68 kt (78 mph) while within 50 miles.

51 of the 61 storms made a documented landfall somewhere along their track.

How often to expect a storm

A return interval of 2.6 years does not mean storms arrive on a schedule. It is simply 61 storms spread over the 159 years from 1867 to 2025. 8 separate years saw more than one storm pass within 50 miles while stretches of a decade or more have passed with none. The longest recorded quiet stretch was 10 years, between 1900 and 1910. It has been 1 year since the last one; 38 of the 50 gaps in this record were longer than that.

Common questions

How many hurricanes have hit Baker County, Florida?

7 tropical cyclones have passed within 50 miles of Baker County, Florida at hurricane strength since 1867. Counting all tropical cyclones — including tropical storms and depressions — the total is 61.

When was the last hurricane in Baker County, Florida?

Dora (1964), on 10 September 1964, passing 23 miles away — 62 years ago. The most recent tropical cyclone of any strength was Debby (2024) in 2024.

What was the strongest storm to affect Baker County, Florida?

Unnamed Storm (1896), which reached 97 kt (112 mph) while within 50 miles; its closest approach was 10 miles.

How often do hurricanes hit Baker County, Florida?

On average, one tropical cyclone passes within 50 miles every 2.6 years — 61 storms over the 159 years from 1867 to 2025, the end of the HURDAT2 record. That is a historical average, not a schedule or a forecast.

Nearby counties

Baker County, Florida borders or sits close to 8 other counties with a published storm record. Ware County, Georgia has 70 on record.

Ware County, Georgia70 storms within 50 mi Charlton County, Georgia70 storms within 50 mi Clinch County, Georgia67 storms within 50 mi Nassau County, Florida67 storms within 50 mi Union County, Florida64 storms within 50 mi Duval County, Florida64 storms within 50 mi Bradford County, Florida60 storms within 50 mi Clay County, Florida59 storms within 50 mi