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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Loudon, NH

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

37 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Loudon, New Hampshire since 1851, 5 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Irene in 2011. Since 1950, 24 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
5

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
32

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
24

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Loudon

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Loudon, New Hampshire, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2011IreneAug 2854 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 773 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2007BarryJun 555 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 1733 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1446 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1991BobAug 1966 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2711 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 4
1979DavidSep 659 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 5
1976BelleAug 1069 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 2831 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1151 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1961EstherSep 2674 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 5
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1526 miTropical storm (67 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1327 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 318 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1954CarolAug 314 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2960 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 94 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 2
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 196 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 2157 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1726 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3137 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1758 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 132 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2438 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 1152 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1016 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2919 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2455 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1270 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2429 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3019 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1869Unnamed 1869 stormOct 465 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1869Unnamed 1869 stormSep 929 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 342 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2835 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 1618 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 Loudon: 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 Loudon

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s4
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s8
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Loudon, New Hampshire
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 24, 2008EF211 mi50.46 mi1 / 2
Jul 6, 1999F26 mi7.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 22, 1981F216 mi8.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 3, 1972F27 mi1 mi0 / 7
Jul 18, 1963F223 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1963F222 mi10 mi0 / 0
May 14, 1963F223 mi8.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 2, 1961F220 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 4, 2018EF114 mi37.55 mi0 / 0
Jul 23, 1995F124 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 23, 1978F122 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1972F115 mi1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 24, 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 Loudon 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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