Hurricane Milton (2024)

Hurricane Milton reached Category 5 in the North Atlantic between October 4, 2024 and October 11, 2024, with a lowest pressure of 895 mb, and made landfall. It killed 15 people directly and did $34 billion of damage in the United States, by the National Hurricane Center’s count.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Milton, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2024 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin: North Atlantic
Dates: October 4, 2024 to October 11, 2024
Peak strength: Category 5, 155 kt (178 mph)
Lowest pressure: 895 mb (26.43 inHg)
Landfall: Yes
Accumulated cyclone energy: 22.6
Tropical-storm-force wind reached: 270 nmi (500 km, 311 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached: 50 nmi (93 km, 58 mi) from the center at its widest
Eyewall radius at its peak: 5 nmi (9 km, 6 mi)
Overall size: 360 nmi (667 km, 414 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Peak gust in the best track: 185 kt (213 mph)
Fastest the center moved: 30 kt (35 mph)
Identifier: AL142024

Radar at KTBW as it neared land, Oct 10, 00:30 UTC

Deaths and damage

The sources count different things and are not added together.

National Hurricane Center

15 direct deaths$34 billion in the United States

The season table in NHC’s report archive, final report. Direct deaths are those caused by the storm’s own wind, water or surge, anywhere in the world.

NOAA Storm Events

19 deaths (9 direct, 10 indirect)$1.8 billion

What National Weather Service offices recorded county by county in 3 states and marine areas, in the United States only. Property and crop damage as each office estimated it, which is not a national loss total.

Wikidata

no death figure$34 billion

A community-maintained total, usually direct and indirect deaths together and damage worldwide. Joined to this storm by its IBTrACS serial, not by name.

Landfall

Time (UTC)	Where	Position	Wind	Pressure
Oct 10, 00:30	Bayshore Gardens, FL, 3 km away	27.4N 82.6W	100 kt (115 mph)	958 mb

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

In the United States

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled July 2026.

Deaths: 19 (9 direct, 10 indirect)
Injuries: 15
Property damage: $1.8 billion
Crop damage: none recorded
Events recorded: 184 in 13 reports from 3 states and marine areas

State by state

State or marine area	Deaths	Injuries	Damage	Events
Florida	19	15	$1.8 billion	159
Atlantic South	0	0		13
Gulf of Mexico	0	0		12

What was recorded

57 tornado, 49 tropical storm, 21 marine tropical storm, 16 hurricane (typhoon), 11 flash flood, 11 storm surge/tide, 7 flood, 6 tropical depression, 4 waterspout, 2 rip current.

Tornadoes and waterspouts

57 tornadoes and 4 waterspouts recorded in the United States, strongest first.

Rating	County	State	Time (UTC)	Path	Width	Deaths	Injuries
EF3	Glades	Florida	Oct 9, 18:24	15.5 mi	250 yd		3
EF3	Palm Beach	Florida	Oct 9, 20:43	28.9 mi	457 yd		7
EF3	St. Lucie	Florida	Oct 9, 20:59	13.0 mi	500 yd	6
EF2	Lee	Florida	Oct 9, 16:09	16.3 mi	500 yd
EF2	Okeechobee	Florida	Oct 9, 18:04	8.5 mi	250 yd		2
EF2	Highlands	Florida	Oct 9, 18:13	2.9 mi	300 yd		1
EF2	Okeechobee	Florida	Oct 9, 18:27	2.6 mi	100 yd
EF2	Martin	Florida	Oct 9, 21:00	31.6 mi	300 yd
EF2	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 21:17	8.3 mi	200 yd
EF2	Martin	Florida	Oct 9, 21:35	5.7 mi	400 yd
EF1	Monroe	Florida	Oct 9, 03:37	0.3 mi	60 yd
EF1	Miami-Dade	Florida	Oct 9, 08:27	2.9 mi	75 yd
EF1	Hendry	Florida	Oct 9, 14:42	13.1 mi	150 yd
EF1	Glades	Florida	Oct 9, 15:11	3.8 mi	50 yd
EF1	Hendry	Florida	Oct 9, 15:27	19.6 mi	50 yd
EF1	Glades	Florida	Oct 9, 15:44	6.3 mi	120 yd
EF1	Glades	Florida	Oct 9, 15:55	10.3 mi	50 yd
EF1	Lee	Florida	Oct 9, 16:01	0.9 mi	100 yd
EF1	Highlands	Florida	Oct 9, 16:37	6.8 mi	500 yd
EF1	Charlotte	Florida	Oct 9, 16:41	2.2 mi	450 yd
EF1	Okeechobee	Florida	Oct 9, 18:10	17.1 mi	300 yd
EF1	Hendry	Florida	Oct 9, 18:19	1.3 mi	50 yd
EF1	Hendry	Florida	Oct 9, 18:21	1.7 mi	50 yd
EF1	Highlands	Florida	Oct 9, 18:30	0.6 mi	100 yd
EF1	Highlands	Florida	Oct 9, 18:42	0.5 mi	50 yd
EF1	Okeechobee	Florida	Oct 9, 18:47	3.9 mi	100 yd
EF1	Hardee	Florida	Oct 9, 18:49	1.0 mi	40 yd
EF1	St. Lucie	Florida	Oct 9, 18:59	11.8 mi	150 yd
EF1	St. Lucie	Florida	Oct 9, 19:05	8.5 mi	100 yd
EF1	Osceola	Florida	Oct 9, 19:17	7.3 mi	100 yd
EF1	Osceola	Florida	Oct 9, 19:28	21.0 mi	150 yd
EF1	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 19:48	4.5 mi	150 yd
EF1	Martin	Florida	Oct 9, 20:03	3.0 mi	250 yd		1
EF1	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 20:09	3.4 mi	100 yd
EF1	St. Lucie	Florida	Oct 9, 20:14	6.8 mi	150 yd
EF1	St. Lucie	Florida	Oct 9, 21:25	14.3 mi	100 yd
EF1	Brevard	Florida	Oct 9, 21:53	5.2 mi	250 yd
EF0	Miami-Dade	Florida	Oct 9, 12:45	9.0 mi	50 yd
EF0	Palm Beach	Florida	Oct 9, 15:40	15.5 mi	50 yd
EF0	Lee	Florida	Oct 9, 15:45	0.2 mi	33 yd
EF0	Charlotte	Florida	Oct 9, 16:54	0.5 mi	25 yd
EF0	Charlotte	Florida	Oct 9, 17:10	0.1 mi	50 yd
EF0	Martin	Florida	Oct 9, 18:05	5.6 mi	200 yd
EF0	Hendry	Florida	Oct 9, 18:15	1.3 mi	50 yd
EF0	St. Lucie	Florida	Oct 9, 18:15	12.4 mi	100 yd
EF0	Highlands	Florida	Oct 9, 18:47	0.6 mi	75 yd
EF0	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 18:55	3.8 mi	50 yd
EF0	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 19:14	0.9 mi	100 yd
EF0	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 19:15	2.9 mi	50 yd
EF0	Martin	Florida	Oct 9, 21:21	4.0 mi	100 yd
EFU	Collier	Florida	Oct 9, 13:42	9.5 mi	50 yd
EFU	Hendry	Florida	Oct 9, 13:53	4.0 mi	50 yd
EFU	Broward	Florida	Oct 9, 14:04	4.7 mi	50 yd
EFU	Palm Beach	Florida	Oct 9, 18:49	16.4 mi	50 yd
EFU	Indian River	Florida	Oct 9, 18:58	6.4 mi	50 yd
EFU	Osceola	Florida	Oct 9, 19:12	3.2 mi	50 yd
EFU	Palm Beach	Florida	Oct 9, 20:33	19.6 mi	50 yd

What forecast offices wrote

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Data from hurricane hunter aircraft suggested that sustained tropical storm force winds occurred over the coastal waters of Collier County on October 9th and 10th as Hurricane Milton moved northeast over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Chokoloskee To Bonita Beach Fl Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Tropical Storm · Oct 9, 15:00 UTC

Martin County Emergency Management reported a few downed trees and powerlines as a result of the wind associated with Hurricane Milton, which surface observations indicate wind gusts reached between 40 to 60 mph, and locally 70-75 mph, especially along the coast. Five tornadoes were confirmed to have affected the county. Surface observations indicate peak wind gusts generally between 40 to 60 mph, and locally 70-75 mph, especially along the coast. Rainfall totals ranged between 2 to 4 inches. A damage assessment reported a total of 278 structures affected, 88 with minor damage, 28 with major damage, and 29 destroyed, with a cumulative public, residential, and commercial loss of approximately $15.1 million, primarily due to the tornadoes that impacted the county. There are no known storm-related fatalities in Martin County as a result of Hurricane Milton.
Coastal Martin, Florida · Tropical Storm · Oct 9, 18:00 UTC

Data from hurricane hunter aircraft suggested that sustained tropical storm force winds occurred over the coastal waters of Mainland Monroe County on October 9th as Hurricane Milton moved northeast over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
E Cp Sable To Chokoloskee Fl Out 20nm, Gulf of Mexico · Marine Tropical Storm · Oct 9, 18:00 UTC

Surface observations indicate peak wind gusts generally between 60 to 70 mph, with an isolated maximum gust of 76 mph at Brooksville at 6:32 PM EST on October 9. Rainfall generally ranged from 5 to 10 inches, with an isolated maximum total of 14.15 inches near Trilby. Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport (KBKV) recorded its second-highest 1-day total rainfall amount of 6.49 inches on October 9, behind the record of 10.24 inches set on June 24, 2012 in association with Tropical Storm Debby. Site records date back to 1998. A peak water level of 0.57 feet above MHHW was measured at the mouth of the Chassahowitzka River at 5:45 AM EST on October 8. Peak water levels estimated elsewhere along coastal Hernando County generally ranged around a foot or less above MHHW, although blowout tide conditions were observed with below normal water levels for a period of time.
Coastal Hernando, Florida · Tropical Storm · Oct 9, 21:00 UTC

Tropical storm conditions, with gusts to hurricane force (65 to 75 knots), were experienced over the nearshore Atlantic waters of Volusia County. Peak wind gust observations of 65 to 70 knots were witnessed near and over the barrier islands. Buoy 41070, owned and maintained by the Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP), 11 miles east-northeast of Daytona Beach, measured a peak wave height of 18 ft at 0405EST on Oct 10.
Flagler Beach To Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20nm, Atlantic South · Marine Tropical Storm · Oct 9, 21:00 UTC

The waterspout began as a long-track EF-3 tornado that impacted portions of Fort Pierce and Vero Beach. The tornado entered the Indian River as a waterspout east of the intersection of US-1 and Indian River Blvd. After crossing the Indian River, additional damage occurred on the barrier island of Vero Beach, mainly near and west of A1A between Bay Dr and Jaycee Park. Crossing the barrier island, the circulation then moved offshore once again into the Atlantic near Tracking Station Beachfront Park. The end time and location of the waterspout have been estimated via radar data.
Sebastian Inlet To Jupiter Inlet 0-20nm, Atlantic South · Waterspout · Oct 9, 21:20 UTC

Track

Time (UTC)	Position	Wind	Pressure	Status
Oct 4, 18:00	21.0N 94.6W	30 kt	1009 mb	Low
Oct 5, 00:00	20.8N 95.2W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Oct 5, 06:00	21.4N 95.4W	30 kt	1008 mb	Low
Oct 5, 12:00	22.0N 95.5W	30 kt	1008 mb	Tropical depression
Oct 5, 18:00	22.5N 95.5W	35 kt	1006 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 6, 00:00	22.7N 95.5W	35 kt	1004 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 6, 06:00	22.6N 95.2W	45 kt	999 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 6, 12:00	22.5N 94.8W	55 kt	991 mb	Tropical storm
Oct 6, 18:00	22.5N 94.1W	70 kt	986 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 00:00	22.5N 93.4W	75 kt	981 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 06:00	22.1N 92.9W	90 kt	972 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 12:00	21.8N 92.2W	120 kt	943 mb	Hurricane
Oct 7, 18:00	21.7N 91.3W	150 kt	908 mb	Hurricane
Oct 8, 00:00	21.8N 90.4W	145 kt	902 mb	Hurricane
Oct 8, 06:00	21.9N 89.5W	125 kt	925 mb	Hurricane
Oct 8, 12:00	22.5N 88.8W	125 kt	929 mb	Hurricane
Oct 8, 18:00	22.5N 88.0W	140 kt	916 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 00:00	23.0N 86.9W	140 kt	908 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 06:00	23.8N 85.9W	140 kt	909 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 12:00	25.0N 84.8W	135 kt	919 mb	Hurricane
Oct 9, 18:00	26.3N 84.0W	115 kt	945 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 00:00	27.3N 82.7W	105 kt	956 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 00:30 landfall	27.4N 82.6W	100 kt	958 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 06:00	28.1N 81.3W	70 kt	975 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 12:00	29.0N 79.5W	65 kt	983 mb	Hurricane
Oct 10, 18:00	29.5N 77.5W	60 kt	984 mb	Extratropical
Oct 11, 00:00	29.5N 75.0W	60 kt	986 mb	Extratropical
Oct 11, 06:00	29.5N 72.4W	55 kt	993 mb	Extratropical
Oct 11, 12:00	29.5N 69.3W	55 kt	997 mb	Extratropical
Oct 11, 18:00	29.3N 65.9W	50 kt	999 mb	Extratropical

Other North Atlantic storms of 2024

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.