Only landfalls at major hurricane intensity are listed. For storms that made landfall twice or more, the maximum sustained wind speed, and hence the highest Saffir–Simpson category, at the strongest landfall is listed. The following major hurricanes either made landfall on the state as a major hurricane or brought winds of Category 3 status to the state. Additionally, hurricanes Charley, Jeanne, Dennis, Wilma, Irma, and Ian made landfall on the state as major hurricanes. The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the period was Michael, which made landfall in Florida as a Category 5 hurricane–the strongest since Andrew in 1992. Every year included at least one tropical cyclone affecting the state. Eight cyclones affected the state in both 20, which were the years with the most tropical cyclones impacting the state. Additionally, tropical cyclones in Florida were responsible for 145 direct fatalities and at least 92 indirect ones during the period. Collectively, cyclones in Florida over that period resulted in over $123 billion in damage, most of it from Hurricane Irma. The period from 2000 to the present has been marked by several devastating North Atlantic hurricanes as of 2017, 79 tropical or subtropical cyclones have affected the U.S. Main article: List of Florida hurricanes (2000–present) Additionally, Hurricanes Easy, King, and Betsy hit the state as major hurricanes. The strongest hurricane to hit the state during the period was Hurricane Donna, which was the tenth strongest hurricane on record to strike the contiguous United States. The 19 seasons were the only years during the period in which a storm did not affect the state. The 1969 season was the year with the most tropical cyclones affecting the state, with a total of eight systems. Several tropical cyclones produced over 20 inches (500 mm) of rainfall in the state, including Hurricane Easy, which is the highest total during the period. Additionally, the storms were directly responsible for 93 fatalities and indirectly for 23 more deaths. In the period between 19, 85 tropical or subtropical cyclones impacted the state, which collectively resulted in about $7 billion (2017 dollars) in damage, primarily from Hurricanes Donna and Dora. Main article: List of Florida hurricanes (1950–1974) Out of the ten most intense landfalling United States hurricanes, four struck Florida at peak strength. 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 mbar ( hPa 26.35 inHg) it is also the strongest hurricane on record to strike the United States. However, preliminary reanalysis suggests that a hurricane may have struck the state on May 28, 1863. Officially, the earliest hurricane to affect the state was Hurricane Alma on June 9 the latest, Hurricane Kate on November 21. Weather Bureau recognized Key West and Pensacola as the most hurricane-prone cities in the state Key West experiences both storms developing from the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, while Pensacola has received hurricanes crossing the state as well as storms recurving in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In a Monthly Weather Review paper published in 1934, the U.S. Monroe County was struck by 26 hurricanes since 1926, which is the greatest total for any county in the United States. Portions of the coastline have return periods, or expected time between hurricane strikes of a certain intensity or category within 86 mi (139 km) of a given location, that are the lowest in the country. Nearly one-third of the cyclones affected the state in September, and nearly three-fourths of the storms affected the state between August and October, which coincides with the peak of the hurricane season. Tropical cyclones have affected Florida in every month of the year with the exceptions of January and March.
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