Here is a final look at hurricanes that came within 100 miles of Boston, MA over the past 80 years. New York City, and much of New England, are considered `overdue’ for a major hurricane. There have been cycles within cycles, years where storms have tended to track north along the eastern seaboard instead of south and into the Gulf of Mexico. Of course, it isn’t just Florida or the Gulf States at risk. But forecasters warn us to expect an active season. No one knows what 2011 will bring, as there can be a lot of variability between years even during an up-cycle. You can also drill down on each of these tracks and see detailed information on each storm, making this an excellent learning tool for coastal residents and anyone else interested in these massive storms. Here are the tracks of hurricanes that struck Florida between 19.Īll of these maps come from a nifty Historical Hurricane Tracks website put together by NOAA, that allows you to pick any area of the country, define tropical storm categories and time spans, to see historical storm tracks. Most have no idea what a `real’ hurricane would be like.īut now, since the mid-1990s - we’ve returned to a heightened level of Atlantic and Gulf hurricane activity.
Here are the storms that came close to central Florida between 19.ĭuring this period of quiescence, millions of people moved to Florida, many of whom built on vulnerable barrier islands and along the coast. Then we went into a 20+ year period where relatively few storms threatened Florida. Here are the storm tracks of the hurricanes that crossed Florida during my youth, in the years between 1954-1972.Īs you can imagine, these made quite an impression on me growing up. My ` first hurricane’ was the infamous Donna of 1960, which ultimately impacted 13 Atlantic seaboard states, and claimed 364 lives.ĭuring the next dozen years I had brushes with Betsy, Agnes, Alma, and Gladys and managed to make my way to a devastated Biloxi not long after Camille struck in 1969. Hurricane activity in the Atlantic is cyclical, and as luck would have it, I grew up in Florida during a time of relatively high activity.
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