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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Berne, NY

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

17 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Berne, New York since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 25 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
15

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
25

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Berne

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Berne, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 47 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2853 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 619 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1972AgnesJun 2365 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2867 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1173 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1952AbleSep 164 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 291 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2157 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 5
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 322 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3057 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 129 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2946 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2449 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2314 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 2
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3028 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1954 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Berne: 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 Berne

By decade

  • 2010s9(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s2(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s1(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Berne, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 10, 1989F45 mi42 mi0 / 20
May 22, 2014EF38 mi6.79 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1974F315 mi49.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1960F319 mi16 mi0 / 9
May 29, 2013EF215 mi12.8 mi0 / 1
May 29, 2013EF122 mi0.75 mi0 / 0
May 29, 2013EF122 mi1.57 mi0 / 0
Sep 4, 2011EF120 mi6.97 mi0 / 0
Aug 3, 2010EF123 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Aug 3, 2010EF124 mi0.21 mi0 / 0
Jun 26, 1998F124 mi5.7 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1998F117 mi3.5 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 25, 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 Berne 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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