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Swells from Hurricane Walaka brought high surf to the main Hawaiian Islands on October 4. Walaka produced a surf that was 6–12 ft (1.8–3.7 m) high along the southern and western shores of Niihau, Kauai, and Oahu. The southern shores of Molokai, Lanai, and Maui experienced waves approximately 5–8 ft (1.5–2.4 m) in height.
September 1 – Hurricane Hermine made landfall along the Big Bend of Florida with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), making it the first hurricane landfall to the state since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. The highest recorded wind gust in the state was 78 mph (126 km/h) in Bald Point State Park .
The strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the state was the 1935 Labor Day hurricane, which crossed the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 millibars (26.3 inHg); it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak ...
On Sunday night, Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida, as a strong tropical storm. At landfall, Eta packed sustained winds of 65 mph, just 9 mph shy of a Category 1 ...
A boat lists on its side in shallow water off Sugarloaf Key Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. The boat is one of more than 100 displaced vessels resulting from Hurricane Ian, which passed by the Florida ...
Walaka peaked as a Category 5 hurricane at 00:00 UTC on October 2 with winds of 160 miles per hour (260 km/h) and a pressure of 921 mbar (27.20 inHg). This intensity made Walaka the fourth major hurricane in the Central Pacific and second Category 5 hurricane of the season. [29] After peaking, Walaka began to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle.
The Florida Keys was spared much of the damage that Hurricane Ian inflicted on Fort Myers and other areas of the state’s Gulf Coast, but the powerful storm brought significant surge to the ...
August 7, 1980- Hurricane Allen passes about 310 miles (500 km) south of Key West, Florida. The threat of the large hurricane prompts the National Hurricane Center to issue gale warnings for the Florida Keys. [16] The hurricane produces gale-force winds across the keys, though there was no significant damage. [17]