Hurricane History for East Central Florida

TROPICAL CYCLONES AFFECTING THE MELBOURNE - TITUSVILLE AREA
		INTENSITY		HIGH	PEAK
DATE	NAME	IN MLB AREA	STORM PATH IN FLORIDA	WIND	GUST	COMMENTS
9/11/1852	(None)	Tropical Storm	St Petersberg-Lakeland-Titusville	40mph
9/7/1854	(None)	Tropical Storm	65ene Cocoa Beach as a Cat III	50	60
9/14/1858	(None)	Tropical Storm	Venice-Bartow-15n Titusville	40
11/1/1861	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Bonita Beach-Lake Placid-Rockledge	55	70	Storm passed 10nw of Melbourne.
8/17/1871	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	30e Melbourne as a weak Cat III	75	95	First recorded hurricane in the Melbourne area.
8/25/1871	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Vero Beach-10w Melbourne-Orlando-Ocala	90	115	Cat II at Vero Beach. Second hurricane in 8 days.
10/6/1873	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Captiva Island - Grant	95	115	Cat III at Captiva. Storm moved northeast at 30mph.
10/20/1876	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	10se Goodland-Ft Pierce-30se Melbourne	75	95	Cat II at Goodland. Storm maintained hurricane intensity as it crossed the state.
9/11/1878	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Highland Point-Melbourne-15e Titusville	65	80	Passed directly over Melbourne moving from south to north.
8/29/1880	(None)	Hurricane - Cat II	Direct hit from east at Cocoa Beach	105	135	Strongest hurricane of record in this area. Movement was from ESE to WNW.
8/24/1885	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	20e Melbourne	70	95	Storm surge completely flooded Barrier Island.
8/20/1887	(None)	Tropical Storm	65 miles east of Melbourne	50	65	Strong Cat III 65 miles offshore moving to the NNW
10/29/1887	(None)	Tropical Storm	20se Sarasota-Avon Park-Palm Bay	40
10/5/1889	(None)	Tropical Storm	Jupiter to 50 east of Melbourne	40
10/7/1891	(None)	Tropical Storm	Everglades City-Vero-30se Melbourne	40		Unusual event of two storms within two days - Atlantic origin on this weak storm.
10/9/1891	(None)	Tropical Storm	15s Sarasota-Orlando-15se Daytona	40		The second storm - Gulf origin.
10/25/1892	(None)	Tropical Storm	Tampa Bay to Melbourne	45	55
8/27/1893	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	45ne Patrick AFB	75	100
10/12/1893	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	45ne Patrick AFB	65	80
9/25/1894	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Ft Myers-Orlando-15n Daytona Beach	60	80
10/9/1896	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Ft Myers to 15s Melbourne	75	100
8/2/1898	(None)	Tropical Storm	Jupiter to 50s Melbourne to Tampa	50	60	Intensified to a minimal hurricane while over land!
10/11/1898	(None)	Tropical Storm	Fort Myers to Palm Bay	45	55
8/13/1899	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	10e Patrick AFB	80	105
9/11-12/03	(None)	Tropical Storm	Jupiter-80ssw Melbourne-Apalachicola	45	55	Eye passed over Nassau with gusts over 100mph.
6/17/1906	(None)	Tropical Storm	Marathon - Jupiter - 50se Melbourne	50	65
8/30/1909	(None)	Tropical Storm	Melbourne to Daytona Beach	40		Center passed overhead Patrick.
9/26/1909	(None)	Tropical Storm	Fort Myers to Melbourne	40
10/18/1910	(None)	Tropical Storm	Naples-Lakeland-Ocala-Jacksonville	40		Cat III at Naples; Cat I at Lakeland.
8/1/1915	(None)	Tropical Storm	30ne Patrick to Daytona Beach	40
9/13/1916	(None)	Tropical Storm	Titusville-Gainesville-Tallahassee	40
10/26/1921	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Tampa to Orlando to 25nnw Titusville	65	80
12/1/1925	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Sarasota-40nw Melbourne-15n Titusville	55	70	One day after the so-called end of the Tropical Cyclone season.
7/27/1926	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Patrick AFB to Daytona Beach	85	110	Strong Cat I storm with landfall directly over Patrick. Huge waves on Indian River.
8/8/1928	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Vero-10sw Melbourne-10sw Orlando	75	100	Landfall at Vero Beach as a Cat II hurricane.
9/17/1928	(None)	Hurricane - Cat II	Jupiter-30sw Melbourne-30sw Orlando	100	125	Second hurricane within 6 weeks. Landfall as a Cat IV storm (pressure: 27.43).
7/30/1933	(None)	Tropical Storm	20s Vero Beach to Sarasota	45	60
9/4/1933	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Jupiter - Avon Park - Tallahassee	75	95	Ditto 1928. Cat IV at Jupiter; Cat III at Avon Park.
5/28/1934	(None)	Tropical Storm	Ft Myers to Stuart to 30e Melbourne	40
8/30/1937	(None)	Tropical Storm	10n Titusville - Ocala - Tallahassee	40
8/13/1939	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Ft Pierce-25s Melbourne-30n Tampa	60	75
10/19/1944	(None)	Tropical Storm	20nw Ft Myers-Lakeland-Jacksonville	50	65	Wind gust to 163mph at Sarasota.
9/16/1945	(None)	Strong Tropical Storm	Homestead-30w Orlando-Jacksonville	60	75	Winds 95mph with gusts @120mph in Orlando. Gust to 196mph at Homestead.
9/17/1947	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Palm Beach to Naples	75	90	A large storm - passed @120 miles south. Gust to 155mph at Pompano Beach.
9/22/1948	(None)	Tropical Storm	Everglades City-Jupiter-70se Melbourne	45	55	Gust to 122mph in Everglades City.
8/27/1949	(None)	Hurricane - Cat I	Jupiter to 45sw Melbourne to Lakeland	75	100	Gust to 153mph at Jupiter. Storm surge of 24 feet at Belle Glade.
9/6/1950	Easy	Tropical Storm	25n Tampa-60nw Melbourne-Daytona	40		The first 'named' storm to affect the Melbourne area was indeed easy.
10/18/1950	King	Strong Tropical Storm	Miami-35w Melb-Orlando-Gainesville	55	70	Wind hit 75 with gusts to 100 in Orlando. Gusts to 150mph in Miami.
10/2/1951	How	Strong Tropical Storm	10n Ft Myers-10s Vero-40se Melbourne	55	70
10/10/1953	Hazel	Strong Tropical Storm	25nw Fort Myers to 10se Melbourne	55	75
9/11/1960	Donna	Hurricane - Cat I	Naples to Ft Myers to Daytona Beach	75	100	Wind in Keys from 180-200mph; Naples gust @150mph; Daytona gust 99mph.
8/27-28/64	Cleo	Strong Tropical Storm	Ft Lauderdale-10w Melbourne-DeLand	70	90	Ft Lauderdale gust to 138mph
10/14/1964	Isbell	Tropical Storm	Everglade City-Jupiter-75se Melbourne	50	65	Ft Lauderdale gust to 120mph. Cat III across entire southern peninsula.
9/8/1965	Betsy	Tropical Storm	Nassau to Key Largo to Cape Sable	50	60	Hugh storm passed 200 miles to south of Melbourne with a 40 mile wide eye.
6/4-5/68	Abby	Tropical Storm	20nw Ft Myers-Avon Park-Melbourne	50	65	Storm stalled vicinity Melbourne - wind at 50mph or more for over 24 hours.
6/25/1974	(None)	Tropical Storm	Tampa to Daytona Beach	45	55
10/7/1974	(None)	Tropical Storm	40e Melbourne	40		In the 70's some early or late season storms were not named (reasons unknown)
8/19/1976	Dottie	Tropical Storm	Ft Lauderdale to 40e Melbourne	40
9/3/1979	David	Hurricane - Cat II	Jupiter-Vero-Patrick-Titusville	100	125	Eye passage along the coast from Vero to the Cape.
8/18/1981	Dennis	Tropical Storm	Naples-10w Melbourne-Daytona Beach	40
8/25/1983	Barry	Tropical Storm	Palm Bay to Tampa	40
9/27/1984	Isidore	Tropical Storm	Jupiter-40sw Melbourne-30n Tampa	40
7/23/1985	Bob	Tropical Storm	Ft Myers-Vero-10e Melb-30e Daytona	50	65
8/28/1988	Chris	Tropical Storm	30e Vero-30e Patrick-40e Daytona Bch	40
11/23/1988	Keith	Tropical Storm	Sarasota to Avon Park to Patrick AFB	40
11/16/1994	Gordon	Tropical Storm	Fort Myers to Sebastian	40
8/2/1995	Erin	Hurricane - Cat I	10n Vero-10sw Melbourne-20s Orlando	75	100	10"of rain. First hurricane since David. Gusts to 100mph in W. Melbourne(eyewall)
9/15/1999	Floyd	Tropical Storm	110 miles east of Melbourne as a Cat IV	50	65
10/16/1999	Irene	Strong Tropical Storm	Everglades City-Jupiter-25e Melbourne	60	80	Wind gust to 93mph at Patrick AFB. Gust 77mph at Melbourne Airport and Cape.
			Sustained wind of 40mph once every 2 years			Compiled by Ed Dunham
			Sustained wind of 60mph once every 5 years			Melbourne, Florida
			Sustained wind of 75mph once every 8 years			7/30/2011
			Sustained wind of 90mph once every 26 yrs