Hurricane Milton (2024)

Milton intensified from a tropical storm into a hurricane over the Atlantic on 6 October 2024, then intensified explosively into a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 180 mph in the Gulf of Mexico on 7 October before fluctuating between Category 4 and Category 5. It passed near or just north of the Yucatán Peninsula, crossed the eastern Gulf and made landfall at 20:30 EDT on 9 October near Siesta Key on Florida's west coast with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Storm surge reached up to 10 ft just south of Tampa Bay, including at Siesta Key, while the southward track left the Tampa metropolitan area with a reverse surge instead. Of the 45 people killed, 42 were in the United States and 3 in Mexico.

Formed (UTC)

2024-10-04

Dissipated (UTC)

2024-10-11

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

155

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

45

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2024279N21265

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: hurricane, category 5, florida, gulf of mexico, storm surge, 2024

Coordinates: 27.121049723588023, -82.95053038697677

Part of Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2023 and 2024 seasons

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