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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Hartland, VT

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

23 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Hartland, Vermont since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 14 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
21

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
14

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Hartland

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Hartland, Vermont, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 444 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 283 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2739 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 4
1979DavidSep 619 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1976BelleAug 1067 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 2819 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 111 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1575 miTropical storm (67 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3158 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1954CarolAug 3153 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2915 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2237 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 952 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 362 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1947 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 113 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1066 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2927 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 246 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2452 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3067 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3044 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 1669 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 2

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

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s1
  • 1990s1
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s5
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Hartland, Vermont
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 11, 1973F223 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 11, 1966F219 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1962F217 mi7.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1962F214 mi7.6 mi0 / 0
Oct 24, 1955F214 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 2024EF122 mi1.8 mi0 / 0
May 16, 2022EF114 mi4.8 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 2011EF119 mi2.69 mi0 / 0
Aug 13, 1999F14 mi8 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1972F121 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1972F114 mi7 mi0 / 0
Jul 18, 1963F118 mi1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 14, 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 Hartland 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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