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September 5, 1950– Hurricane Easy moves ashore near Cedar Key and later near Tampa Bay as a major hurricane after looping offshore. The hurricane causes locally heavy damage in a sparsely populated area, totaling $3.3 million (1950 USD, $29.5 million 2008 USD).
The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the time period was Hurricane Andrew, which was one of only four Category 5 hurricanes to strike the United States. Andrew, at the time, was the costliest tropical cyclone in United States history. Additionally, Hurricane Eloise and Hurricane Opal hit the state as major hurricanes.
Tampa Bay: 1921 October 25: West central peninsula No Yes No 3 Most severe storm to hit Tampa in 70 years [30] Great Miami: 1926: September 18–20: Miami Pensacola: Yes No Yes 4 Highest wind and lowest pressure sampled till then in U.S. [31] Okeechobee: 1928: September 16–17: Palm Beach–Lake Okeechobee, Florida peninsula Yes No Yes 4 Led ...
These hurricanes have each been within 300 miles of Tampa Bay. Max Defender 8 Meteorologist Amanda Holly said that most of the storms were weak — being only tropical storms.
The last time Tampa Bay was hit by a major hurricane was 1921, when just a few hundred people lived in sparsely developed backwater towns -- and the community was still devastated.
At 12:00 UTC on October 25, the cyclone weakened to a Category 3 hurricane. About 10 hours later, the hurricane made landfall near Tarpon Springs, Florida, with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph (185 km/h)—the first and most recent major hurricane to hit the Tampa Bay area since 1848. [5]
The last time Tampa Bay sustained a direct hit by a hurricane was in October 1921, a full century ago, before hurricanes were given names. The NWS describes the hurricane as "the forgotten nightmare."
The 1848 Tampa Bay hurricane (also known as the Great Gale of 1848) was the strongest known hurricane to impact the Tampa Bay area of the U.S. state of Florida.Along with the 1921 Tampa Bay hurricane and Hurricane Milton in 2024, it is one of only three major hurricanes to make landfall along Central Florida's west coast since Florida became a United States territory in 1821.