Learning center · Atlantic hurricanes 2006–2025

Twenty hurricane seasons, one Florida at risk.

Every Atlantic hurricane since 2006, plotted by peak wind, with the Florida landfalls and the winds they actually delivered.

Storm chartOcean temperatureBy seasonFlorida landfallsReading the data
Peak wind of every Atlantic hurricane

Peak wind is not landfall wind.

Atlantic hurricane, peak windMade landfall in Florida, peak windWind at Florida landfall

Select a storm on the chart or in the table to see its details.

Ocean temperature

Warm Atlantic water fuels hurricanes.

Monthly North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomaly (AMO index, °C)Florida landfall as a hurricane

This index measures how much warmer or cooler the North Atlantic is than its long-term trend. It is basin-wide, so it says nothing about the water off a particular Florida beach, and it is a background condition, not a forecast. A warm basin raises the odds of intense storms. Whether one reaches Florida depends on steering winds.

The index file available for this page ends in January 2023, so the chart stops there. Hurricane data above runs through 2025. Source: NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, AMO unsmoothed, detrended from the Kaplan SST V2 dataset.

By season

Busy seasons and Florida seasons are different things.

A count of hurricanes in the basin says little about risk to a particular roof. A single storm on the wrong track can matter more than a dozen that stay at sea. Claims work starts with the storm that actually reached the property and the winds it brought there.

Other Atlantic hurricanesMade landfall in Florida as a hurricane
Florida landfalls

Every storm NOAA marks as a Florida landfall.

Wind is maximum sustained wind at landfall as recorded in NOAA’s best track. Select a column heading to sort.

Reading the data

What the numbers mean and what they do not.

  • Wind at the property is lower or higher. Landfall wind is the storm’s maximum sustained wind when its center crossed the coast. A property miles from the center may have seen far less, and gusts exceed sustained wind. The strongest winds are typically on the right side of a storm relative to its motion.
  • Records are marked by NOAA. A landfall means the center of the system crossing a coastline. Continental U.S. landfalls have been marked consistently since 1991, so this 20-year window is complete. A storm can have more than one Florida landfall and may cross the peninsula and return to the water.
  • Florida is identified by location. This page selects landfall records inside a box around Florida’s coastline. Near the Georgia and Alabama borders a record may sit on the edge. Check the coordinates for any storm that matters to a file.
  • Units. NOAA reports wind in knots. This page converts to miles per hour and rounds to the nearest 5 mph, the usual convention. Categories use the Saffir-Simpson scale: Category 1 begins at 74 mph, Category 3 at 111 mph, Category 5 at 157 mph.
  • Preliminary and revised. NOAA revises the best track after each season. The file used here was released September 23, 2026 and includes seasons through 2025. The 2026 season is not in it yet.
  • Event wind for a claim needs more. For a specific address, wind estimates come from the best track plus local observations and wind field analysis. Ask for them early.

Source: National Hurricane Center, Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT2), 1851–2025, released September 23, 2026, and the HURDAT2 format description. Public domain.