No active hurricanes threatening Daytona Beach right now

Could the next one hit soon? 231 hurricanes have impacted the Daytona Beach area since 1852 — set up free alerts so you'll have time to prepare when one's on the way.

231
Hurricanes affecting Daytona Beach area
2025
Most recent
160 kt
Strongest peak winds
4 mi
Closest approach
Local note: Daytona Beach's low-lying Atlantic barrier-island coastline makes storm surge the dominant hazard, with damaging surge and coastal overwash from several recent storms — notably Hurricane Ian (2022) and the fast, close 1926 strike — compounding risks from powerful onshore winds.

Coverage on this page applies broadly to the Daytona Beach area — including Ormond Beach, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, Lake Helen, De Leon Springs, Flagler Beach, Cassadaga. Tropical storms rarely respect city limits.

When do hurricanes typically threaten the Daytona Beach area?

Distribution of 231 hurricanes that have come within 150 mi of Daytona Beach, by month of closest approach.

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1 F
M
A
10 M
23 J
19 J
46 A
61 S
61 O
9 N
1 D

Recent notable storms affecting the Daytona Beach area

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach
2024 MILTON Cat 5 155 kt 78 mi
2024 DEBBY Cat 1 70 kt 134 mi
2024 HELENE Cat 4 120 kt 169 mi
2023 IDALIA Cat 4 115 kt 158 mi
2022 IAN Cat 5 140 kt 60 mi
2022 NICOLE Cat 1 65 kt 90 mi
2021 ELSA Cat 1 75 kt 154 mi
2020 ISAIAS Cat 1 80 kt 69 mi
2020 ETA Cat 4 130 kt 94 mi
2019 DORIAN Cat 5 160 kt 89 mi
2019 HUMBERTO Cat 3 110 kt 177 mi
2017 IRMA Cat 5 155 kt 99 mi
2016 MATTHEW Cat 5 145 kt 40 mi
2016 HERMINE Cat 1 70 kt 185 mi
2014 ARTHUR Cat 2 85 kt 118 mi
Hurricane-strength storms (Cat 1+) since 2006 that came within 200 miles of Daytona Beach. Includes storms whose center stayed offshore or hit nearby cities — wind, surge, and rainfall impacts extend far beyond the storm's path.

All-time closest approaches to Daytona Beach

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach Date of Closest
1926 UNNAMED Cat 4 120 kt 4 mi Jul 28, 1926
2008 FAY TS 60 kt 7 mi Aug 21, 2008
1899 UNNAMED TS 50 kt 8 mi Oct 05, 1899
1930 UNNAMED Cat 4 135 kt 10 mi Sep 10, 1930
1937 UNNAMED TS 60 kt 11 mi Aug 30, 1937
1969 JENNY TS 40 kt 11 mi Oct 04, 1969
1915 UNNAMED Cat 1 65 kt 12 mi Aug 02, 1915
2002 EDOUARD TS 55 kt 14 mi Sep 05, 2002
1921 UNNAMED Cat 4 120 kt 14 mi Oct 26, 1921
1965 UNNAMED TS 55 kt 14 mi Oct 18, 1965
Showing the 10 closest of 231 total storms within 150 mi of Daytona Beach since 1852.

If a hurricane threatens Daytona Beach

  1. Know your evacuation zone. Look up yours by address via your state or county emergency management office (Volusia County and surrounding areas).
  2. Set up alerts ahead of time. During an active storm, watches and warnings change every six hours. Email or text alerts from TropicalInfo give you the official NHC update the moment it's posted, with a plain-language summary.
  3. Prep your supplies before the storm is named. Stores empty out within hours of a watch. The 72-hour rule: water, food, batteries, fuel, medications, important documents. Our alerts can notify you of a storm long before it makes the news — giving you more time to get what you need before the panic-buying starts.
  4. Follow the cone, not the line. The forecast track is a best estimate — the cone shows where the center is likely to go. Impacts extend hundreds of miles from the center.

Set up free location-based alerts for Daytona Beach

Historical data: NOAA HURDAT2 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific hurricane databases. Closest-approach calculated using great-circle distance between Daytona Beach (29.2012°N, 81.0371°W) and each 6-hourly observation. Storms are included if their center passed within 150 mi of Daytona Beach — impacts (wind, surge, rainfall) routinely extend much further.