When did Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida?

When did Hurricane Wilma hit South Florida?

October 22-24, 2005
Hurricane Wilma – October 22-24, 2005.

When did Hurricane Wilma make landfall in Florida?

October 24
After drifting over the Yucatan and weakening to a Category 2 storm, Wilma was picked up by a midlatitude trough. This caused the storm to accelerate off to the northeast across the southeastern Gulf of Mexico towards Florida where it made landfall on the morning of October 24 just south of Marco Island.

When did Hurricane Wilma hit?

October 15, 2005 – October 27, 2005
Hurricane Wilma/Dates

What category was Hurricane Wilma when it hit Broward County?

Category 3
Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida

Category 3 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Satellite image of Hurricane Wilma over Florida on October 24, 2005
Winds 1-minute sustained: 120 mph (195 km/h) Gusts: 150 mph (240 km/h)
Pressure 950 mbar (hPa); 28.05 inHg
Fatalities 30 total (5 direct)

How long ago was Hurricane Wilma?

As Floridians remember Hurricane Wilma, forecasters are watching a tropical wave in the Gulf of Mexico. Wilma hit Southwest Florida on this date in 2005 as a Category 3 hurricane. It crossed the state in just over four hours, entering the Atlantic as a Category 2 hurricane.

When was Hurricane Wilma in Key West?

October 24, 2005
On October 24, 2005, Wilma was a Category III hurricane, by one mile-per-hour. However, the center of this tropical storm was some 75 miles away to the northwest. As a result, the impact upon Key West was as if it’d been a direct hit from a Category I hurricane.

Where did Hurricane Wilma stop?

October 27, 2005
Hurricane Wilma/Dissipated

What year did Florida get hit with 4 hurricanes?

2004
2004 Atlantic hurricane season – Wikipedia.

What places did Hurricane Wilma hit?

Wilma made several landfalls, with the most destructive effects felt in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, Cuba, and the U.S. state of Florida. At least 52 deaths were reported and damage totaled to $22.4 billion, most of which occurred in the United States.

When was Hurricane Andrew in Florida?

August 1992
Hurricane Andrew, tropical cyclone that ravaged The Bahamas, southern Florida, and south-central Louisiana in late August 1992. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the most expensive Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history (later surpassed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005).

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