| 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 | ||
| 10/18/2010 | (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 | Tropical Storm | 10n Ft Myers-10s Vero-40se Melbourne | 50 | 65 | |
| 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 45mph once every 3 years | Compiled by Ed Dunham | |||||
| Sustained wind of 60mph once every 6 years | Melbourne, Florida | |||||
| Sustained wind of 75mph once every 9 years | 5/18/2002 | |||||
| Sustained wind of 90mph once every 30 yrs | ||||||