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October 10 — Hurricane Michael made landfall at 17:30 UTC near Mexico Beach, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (255 km/h), making it the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Florida panhandle, and the first Category 5 hurricane to hit the United States since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
After nearly four months, on February 20, 1528, he arrived in Cienfuegos with one of two new ships and a few more recruits. The other ship he sent on to Havana. At this point, the expedition had about 400 men and 80 horses. The winter layover caused a depletion of supplies, and they planned to restock in Havana on the way to the Florida coast.
Hurricane Milton, the most recent landfalling Florida major hurricane on October 9, 2024 Approximately 500 tropical and subtropical cyclones have affected the state of Florida . More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state , [ 1 ] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.
The first tropical disturbance of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season moved through the Gulf of Mexico and inland over the Florida Panhandle early Monday. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center ...
Florida counties that may be included in the panhandle; the eastern extent of the panhandle is arbitrarily defined and may vary U.S. Coast Survey map or nautical chart of St. George Sound, Florida, the coast part of Tate's Hell State Forest, just southwest of Tallahassee, along the Florida panhandle (1859) The Florida panhandle (also known as ...
The Florida Trail passes through the Big Bend region, including portions of the Panhandle and Northern sections. Other trails include the Nature Coast State Trail, the Cross Florida Greenway, the Tallahassee-St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail, and the Nature Coast State Trail. The Great Florida Birding Trail contains several sites in the ...
March 12, 1993: The 1993 Storm of the Century produces up to 4 inches (100 mm) of snow along the Florida Panhandle. [36] February 2, 1994: Light snow was observed in the Florida Panhandle overnight from February 1 to 2. [37] January 8, 1996: Snow flurries are reported from Crystal River to New Port Richey with no accumulation. [38]
Hurricane Earl (1998) – struck the Florida panhandle as a Category 2 hurricane; Hurricane Gordon (2000) – moved ashore near Cedar Key, Florida, and proceeded up the east coast; Tropical Storm Colin (2016) – took a similar path a couple of months earlier; Hurricane Michael (2018) – made landfall in the same region as a Category 5 hurricane