No active hurricanes threatening Orlando right now

Could the next one hit soon? 233 hurricanes have impacted the Orlando area since 1852 — set up free alerts so you'll have time to prepare when one's on the way.

233
Hurricanes affecting Orlando area
2025
Most recent
160 kt
Strongest peak winds
1 mi
Closest approach
Local note: Being inland but low-lying and close to the Atlantic coast, Orlando's primary hurricane threat is intense rainfall and freshwater flooding from powerful landfalling storms — recent major impacts include heavy flooding from Hurricane Ian (2022) and historic wind/rain effects from Dorian (2019).

Coverage on this page applies broadly to the Orlando area — including Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Sharpes, Merritt Island, Cocoa, Titusville, Rockledge, Patrick Afb. Tropical storms rarely respect city limits.

When do hurricanes typically threaten the Orlando area?

Distribution of 233 hurricanes that have come within 150 mi of Orlando, by month of closest approach.

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1 F
M
A
9 M
23 J
20 J
48 A
58 S
63 O
10 N
1 D

Recent notable storms affecting the Orlando area

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach
2024 MILTON Cat 5 155 kt 52 mi
2024 DEBBY Cat 1 70 kt 190 mi
2022 IAN Cat 5 140 kt 7 mi
2022 NICOLE Cat 1 65 kt 64 mi
2021 ELSA Cat 1 75 kt 184 mi
2020 ISAIAS Cat 1 80 kt 58 mi
2020 ETA Cat 4 130 kt 142 mi
2019 DORIAN Cat 5 160 kt 86 mi
2019 HUMBERTO Cat 3 110 kt 156 mi
2017 IRMA Cat 5 155 kt 100 mi
2016 MATTHEW Cat 5 145 kt 33 mi
2014 ARTHUR Cat 2 85 kt 92 mi
2008 HANNA Cat 1 75 kt 128 mi
2007 ANDREA Cat 1 65 kt 57 mi
2006 ERNESTO Cat 1 65 kt 28 mi
Hurricane-strength storms (Cat 1+) since 2006 that came within 200 miles of Orlando. 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 Orlando

Year Name Peak Cat Peak Winds Closest Approach Date of Closest
1994 GORDON Cat 1 75 kt 1 mi Nov 21, 1994
1852 UNNAMED Cat 1 70 kt 5 mi Sep 12, 1852
1926 UNNAMED Cat 4 120 kt 5 mi Jul 28, 1926
2008 FAY TS 60 kt 7 mi Aug 20, 2008
2022 IAN Cat 5 140 kt 7 mi Sep 29, 2022
1969 JENNY TS 40 kt 7 mi Oct 03, 1969
1891 UNNAMED TS 55 kt 10 mi Oct 10, 1891
1968 ABBY Cat 1 65 kt 13 mi Jun 06, 1968
1921 UNNAMED Cat 1 70 kt 17 mi Oct 16, 1921
1985 BOB Cat 1 65 kt 18 mi Jul 24, 1985
Showing the 10 closest of 233 total storms within 150 mi of Orlando since 1852.

If a hurricane threatens Orlando

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

Historical data: NOAA HURDAT2 Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific hurricane databases. Closest-approach calculated using great-circle distance between Orlando (28.4988°N, 80.5825°W) and each 6-hourly observation. Storms are included if their center passed within 150 mi of Orlando — impacts (wind, surge, rainfall) routinely extend much further.