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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Goshen, NY

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

33 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Goshen, New York since 1851, 4 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 26 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
4

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
29

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
26

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

10 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Goshen

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Goshen, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 421 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2835 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 765 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1767 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1353 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2767 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1979DavidSep 675 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1976BelleAug 1064 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 223 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2835 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1165 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1575 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3058 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1959 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 18 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2953 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2174 miCategory 3 (112 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 970 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1972 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 356 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3034 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 428 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1663 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 113 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 296 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2435 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2212 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2342 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3051 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2660 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3018 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1922 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2854 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1

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

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s5
  • 1990s7
  • 1980s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Goshen, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 14, 1988F38 mi7.2 mi0 / 1
Jul 29, 2009EF213 mi7.42 mi0 / 0
Jul 26, 1986F216 mi0.5 mi0 / 2
Mar 21, 1976F225 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1974F212 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 1971F211 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Nov 16, 1989F18 mi9.1 mi9 / 18
Aug 27, 2020EF19 mi2.6 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF118 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2011EF12 mi4.67 mi0 / 0
Sep 28, 2003F124 mi1.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 2, 2000F122 mi0.3 mi0 / 2

The strongest 12 of 26, 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 Goshen 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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