The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season officially ended on November 30, and the final significant storm to impact Florida was Hurricane Idalia. Idalia made landfall on August 30, 2023, as a powerful Category 3 hurricane near Keaton Beach in the Big Bend region. It brought devastating storm surges of up to 12 feet and sustained winds of 115 mph, causing extensive damage to coastal communities and inland agriculture. While other named storms formed later in the season (such as Tammy and Sean), they did not make landfall in Florida. Idalia was the only hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland in 2023, serving as a reminder of the vulnerability of Florida’s Gulf Coast. In 2026, meteorologists still cite Idalia as a case study in "rapid intensification," as it jumped from a Category 1 to a Category 4 in just 24 hours before slightly weakening just prior to its historic landfall in a relatively rural part of the state.