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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Glen Oaks, NY

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

51 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Glen Oaks, New York since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 34 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
11

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
40

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
34

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Glen Oaks

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Glen Oaks, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 226 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 944 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 470 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1149 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 845 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2811 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 711 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1715 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 132 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2723 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2448 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1023 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 224 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2813 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1123 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1524 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1239 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 306 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 199 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1954CarolAug 3172 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 3
1952AbleSep 148 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1556 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 5
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2142 miCategory 3 (121 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 936 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1918 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3013 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1740 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 427 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3069 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1545 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1674 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1642 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1416 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 165 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2443 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1037 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2960 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 249 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1122 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2241 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2436 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1973 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 539 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 292 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 265 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3019 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1926 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 356 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 283 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 1671 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 2
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2075 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s11
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Glen Oaks, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 8, 2007EF215 mi5.87 mi0 / 9
Jul 12, 2006F224 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Sep 7, 1998F27 mi0.2 mi0 / 6
Sep 18, 1973F213 mi1.9 mi0 / 0
Sep 27, 1970F211 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 15, 1970F216 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 1962F223 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 2010EF15 mi4 mi1 / 1
Oct 7, 2013EF124 mi1.25 mi0 / 0
Sep 8, 2012EF112 mi4.74 mi0 / 0
Jul 25, 2010EF115 mi0.87 mi0 / 7
Aug 12, 2005F110 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 34, 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 Glen Oaks 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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