No active hurricanes threatening Jacksonville right now

Could the next one hit soon? 238 hurricanes have impacted the Jacksonville area since 1852 — set up free alerts so you'll have time to prepare when one's on the way.

238
Hurricanes affecting Jacksonville area
2025
Most recent
160 kt
Strongest peak winds
6 mi
Closest approach
Local note: Jacksonville's long, low-lying coastline and extensive tidal rivers make storm surge and coastal flooding the dominant hurricane threats — IDALIA (2023) and recent high-end storms like MILTON and HELENE underscore how powerful landfalling systems and near-misses drive severe surge and river flooding.

Coverage on this page applies broadly to the Jacksonville area — including Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Fernandina Beach, Fleming Island, Orange Park, Yulee, Doctors Inlet. Tropical storms rarely respect city limits.

When do hurricanes typically threaten the Jacksonville area?

Distribution of 238 hurricanes that have come within 150 mi of Jacksonville, by month of closest approach.

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F
M
A
10 M
28 J
24 J
45 A
63 S
56 O
11 N
1 D

Recent notable storms affecting the Jacksonville area

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach
2024 DEBBY Cat 1 70 kt 62 mi
2024 HELENE Cat 4 120 kt 128 mi
2024 MILTON Cat 5 155 kt 147 mi
2023 IDALIA Cat 4 115 kt 104 mi
2022 NICOLE Cat 1 65 kt 122 mi
2022 IAN Cat 5 140 kt 126 mi
2021 ELSA Cat 1 75 kt 112 mi
2020 ETA Cat 4 130 kt 41 mi
2020 ISAIAS Cat 1 80 kt 86 mi
2019 DORIAN Cat 5 160 kt 104 mi
2017 IRMA Cat 5 155 kt 91 mi
2016 MATTHEW Cat 5 145 kt 55 mi
2016 HERMINE Cat 1 70 kt 111 mi
2014 ARTHUR Cat 2 85 kt 133 mi
2008 HANNA Cat 1 75 kt 150 mi
Hurricane-strength storms (Cat 1+) since 2006 that came within 200 miles of Jacksonville. 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 Jacksonville

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach Date of Closest
1968 ABBY Cat 1 65 kt 6 mi Jun 06, 1968
2005 TAMMY TS 45 kt 6 mi Oct 05, 2005
2012 BERYL TS 60 kt 8 mi May 28, 2012
1976 UNNAMED TS 40 kt 9 mi Sep 14, 1976
1964 CLEO Cat 4 130 kt 11 mi Aug 28, 1964
1888 UNNAMED Cat 2 95 kt 14 mi Oct 11, 1888
1988 UNNAMED TD 30 kt 14 mi Aug 14, 1988
1914 UNNAMED TS 60 kt 18 mi Sep 17, 1914
1985 ISABEL TS 60 kt 20 mi Oct 10, 1985
2016 JULIA TS 45 kt 21 mi Sep 14, 2016
Showing the 10 closest of 238 total storms within 150 mi of Jacksonville since 1852.

If a hurricane threatens Jacksonville

  1. Know your evacuation zone. Look up yours by address via your state or county emergency management office (Duval 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 Jacksonville

Historical data: NOAA HURDAT2 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific hurricane databases. Closest-approach calculated using great-circle distance between Jacksonville (30.3163°N, 81.4175°W) and each 6-hourly observation. Storms are included if their center passed within 150 mi of Jacksonville — impacts (wind, surge, rainfall) routinely extend much further.