Has Florida ever gone a year without a hit from a named storm?

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Tropical Storm Imelda is the latest storm in the 2025 hurricane season to curve away from Florida.

Various weather patterns, including wind shear and the Fujiwhara effect, have helped steer storms away from the state this year.

Despite a quiet start, Florida has experienced years without hurricane landfalls, including a decade-long streak from 2005 to 2015.

Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday, Sept. 28, and like hurricanes Erin, Gabrielle and Humberto and tropical storms Andrea, Chantal, Dexter and Fernand before it, the storm seems to be staying to the east of Florida and even curving away.

Not that we're complaining, but why are storms avoiding the Sunshine State this year, and has it ever happened before?

Early predictions for this year's Atlantic hurricane se