THE HURRICANE SEASON AT WALT DISNEY WORLD
The thumbnail (click to open) illuminates the chance of a cyclonic storm affecting any part of Florida during any part of a 9 day visit to Walt Disney World.
It’s by arrival date, and is based on 30 years of data.
It helps illuminate the Disney World (and Florida) hurricane season more specifically than general statements like “The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30.”
The takeaway is that a 9 day Walt Disney World vacation has the biggest chance of being affected for arrival dates in late August through early October.
Ninety percent of activity is from August through October; 50% between August 20th and October 10th; and the peak of the storm season is September 10th.
It is unusual for a Disney vacation to be ruined by a cyclonic storm–but it happens.
DATA SOURCES
All this site’s weather pages except for the material on cyclonic storms and on tornadoes are based on 20 years of data from the National Weather Service ending in December 2006. The cyclonic storm material is based on 30 years of data from Wikipedia. The tornado material is from NOAA/NCDC and goes from 1950 through October 2009.
ORLANDO WEATHER LINKS
- Weather and When to Go
- High Temperatures Year Round
- Average Rainfall by Arrival Date
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Chance of Winter High Temperature Over 75
- Pool Days November through February
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Is it weather wise safe to plan a visit to Disney around 15 Nov?
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Vishesh, all of November is technically in the hurricane seasons, but they are quite rare so late, and mostly when they do occur affect points further north. See also this.
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Going to the Keys October 21-25 and then Myrle Beach 26-28. Chances of a hurricane in these areas.
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Marty, you are in the wrong place for weather forecasts. It is way too early to know anything about a hurricane those dates, and when it gets closer, go here: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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Heading to Disney sept. 29-Oct. 5. Does this look pretty safe weather/hurricane wise?
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Lisa, it’s far too early to say.
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