what was the date hurricane irma hit florida
Hurricane Irma
Irma developed from a tropical wave near Cape Verde on August 30 . Favorable conditions allowed Irma to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir -- Simpson wind scale by late on August 31 . However , the storm 's intensity fluctuated between Categories 2 and 3 for the next several days , due to a series of eyewall replacement cycles . On September 4 , Irma resumed intensifying , becoming a Category 5 hurricane by early on the next day , and acquiring annular characteristics . On September 6 , Irma peaked with 180 mph ( 285 km / h ) winds and a minimum pressure of 914 hPa ( 27.0 inHg ) , making it the second most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017 , behind only Hurricane Maria , and the strongest worldwide in 2017 , in terms of wind speed . Another eyewall replacement cycle caused Irma to weaken back to a Category 4 hurricane , but the storm re-attained Category 5 status before making landfall in Cuba . Although land interaction weakened Irma to a Category 2 storm , the system re-intensified to Category 4 status as it crossed the warm waters of the Straits of Florida , before making landfall on Cudjoe Key with winds at 130 mph , ( 215 km / h ) on September 10 . Irma weakened to Category 3 status , prior to another landfall in Florida on Marco Island later that day . The system degraded into a remnant low over Alabama and ultimately dissipated on September 13 over Missouri . 
Irma developed from a tropical wave near Cape Verde on August 30 . Favorable conditions allowed Irma to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir -- Simpson wind scale by late on August 31 . However , the storm 's intensity fluctuated between Categories 2 and 3 for the next several days , due to a series of eyewall replacement cycles . On September 4 , Irma resumed intensifying , becoming a Category 5 hurricane by early on the next day , and acquiring annular characteristics . On September 6 , Irma peaked with 180 mph ( 285 km / h ) winds and a minimum pressure of 914 hPa ( 27.0 inHg ) , making it the second most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017 , behind only Hurricane Maria , and the strongest worldwide in 2017 , in terms of wind speed . Another eyewall replacement cycle caused Irma to weaken back to a Category 4 hurricane , but the storm re-attained Category 5 status before making landfall in Cuba . Although land interaction weakened Irma to a Category 2 storm , the system re-intensified to Category 4 status as it crossed the warm waters of the Straits of Florida , before making landfall on Cudjoe Key with winds at 130 mph , ( 215 km / h ) on September 10 . Irma weakened to Category 3 status , prior to another landfall in Florida on Marco Island later that day . The system degraded into a remnant low over Alabama and ultimately dissipated on September 13 over Missouri .
Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key with winds at 130 mph on September 10, 2017.
On September 6 , Irma peaked with 180 mph ( 285 km / h ) winds and a minimum pressure of 914 hPa ( 27.0 inHg ) , making it the second most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2017 , behind only Hurricane Maria , and the strongest worldwide in 2017 , in terms of wind speed . Although land interaction weakened Irma to a Category 2 storm , the system re-intensified to Category 4 status as it crossed the warm waters of the Straits of Florida , before making landfall on Cudjoe Key with winds at 130 mph , ( 215 km / h ) on September 10 .