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Chronology of Hurricanes
The hurricanes listed below impacted Sarasota. The hurricanes surrounded by a box (e.g., Hurricane Donna in 1960) are know to have caused significant flooding on St. Armands Key. |
1848 - present | Historical articles and photos of hurricane impacts on Longboat Key: click here |
1888 - present | Sarasota, Florida's history with tropical systems: click here |
The WMO has been responsible for naming hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean and other regions since the 1950s.
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September 5, 1950 | Hurricane Easy Wikipedia |
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September 10, 1960 |
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June 9, 1966 | Hurricane Alma 105mph just west from the south. Wikipedia |
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June 19, 1972 | Hurricane Agnes caused beach and property damage on Longboat and Siesta Keys. Wikipedia |
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*** 45 years of no documented impacts ***
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September 10, 2017 | Hurricane Irma passes 35 miles to the east while moving north with 100mph winds. On St. Armands Key, this was a wind event only, not a flooding event. ABC7 article , Observer article , Wikipedia |
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October 9, 2018 | No significant impact to St. Armands Key, but... Hurricane Michael passed to the west, as did Idalia (August 30, 2023), but the high tide and storm surge did not combine to reach as high as Idalia (perhaps it may have been a high tide, but not a king tide?) - Tampa Bay 10 , Wikipedia |
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September 28, 2022 | Hurricane Ian passes 40 miles to the south causing massive wind and flooding damage to many southwest Florida communities. This storm caused a lot of damage in the region, but, on St. Armands Key, this was a wind event only, not a flooding event. Sarasota Magazine article , Observer article , Sarasota Magazine article , Wikipedia |
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August 30, 2023 | Hurricane Idalia passed far enough to our west that there was no significant wind impact, but it happened to coincide with a "king tide" event resulting in significant flooding on the streets of St. Armands that persisted a full day in some sections. We estimate that there was a 3-4' storm surge on top of the unusually high tide. This was probably the most significant flooding event on St. Armands since Hurricane Donna in 1960 (63 years ago). Observer article , Herald-Tribune article , Wikipedia |  |
August 4, 2024 | Hurricane Debby (started as Invest 97L, then PTC4, then Tropical Storm Debby) passed to our west as a tropical storm, as did Hurricane Idalia. St. Armands only had minimal street flooding, but the storm surge and rain caused significant flooding on south Lido and north Longboat keys, and throughout the city and county. In fact, the City Emergency Manager wrote that "the city has not had to deal with this kind of an impact in probably over 50 years" (link). Little did they know that Hurricanes Helene and Milton were going to deliver the barrier islands a one-two punch a mere one and a half months later. Observer article, Sarasota Magazine article, Herald-Tribune article, Wikipedia |
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September 26, 2024 | Hurricane Helene Wikipedia |
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October 9, 2024 | Hurricane Milton Wikipedia |
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