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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bainbridge, PA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

24 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Bainbridge, Pennsylvania since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 86 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
22

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
86

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Bainbridge

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Bainbridge, Pennsylvania, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 138 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 456 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
2012SandyOct 309 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
2006ErnestoSep 35 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 1
1992DanielleSep 2653 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1979DavidSep 642 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1822 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1955ConnieAug 1324 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 4
1954HazelOct 1529 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 4
1952AbleSep 118 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2921 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1943Unnamed 1943 stormOct 142 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1945 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2420 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 323 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 432 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 1
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 141 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 2354 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1466 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2921 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2130 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1350 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2312 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1863 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Bainbridge: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bainbridge

By decade

  • 2020s5
  • 2010s15
  • 2000s17(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s18
  • 1980s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s11
  • 1960s7
  • 1950s7(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Bainbridge, Pennsylvania
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 14, 2004F314 mi7.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1980F322 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Apr 5, 1952F311 mi17.5 mi0 / 4
Apr 28, 2011EF222 mi1.07 mi0 / 0
Apr 28, 2011EF213 mi2.62 mi0 / 0
Sep 24, 2001F225 mi5 mi0 / 0
May 29, 1995F215 mi2.5 mi0 / 1
Oct 9, 1992F215 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 6, 1991F21 mi1 mi0 / 3
Jun 8, 1990F223 mi1 mi0 / 1
Jun 15, 1989F29 mi16 mi0 / 6
Jul 31, 1985F210 mi3 mi0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 86, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Bainbridge while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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