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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pine Bush, NY

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

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

Hurricanes
4

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
26

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
33

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

10 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Pine Bush

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Pine Bush, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 415 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2839 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1999FloydSep 1775 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1363 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2770 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1979DavidSep 664 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1976BelleAug 1069 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 225 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2842 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1168 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3066 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1974 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 119 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2942 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2172 miCategory 2 (107 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 974 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 349 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3040 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 440 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1770 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 15 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 295 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2439 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2227 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2331 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3060 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2672 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3021 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1928 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2862 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 Pine Bush: 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 Pine Bush

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s6(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s7
  • 1960s2
Strongest tornadoes near Pine Bush, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 14, 1988F321 mi7.2 mi0 / 1
Jul 29, 2009EF225 mi7.42 mi0 / 0
May 18, 2000F223 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 26, 1986F27 mi0.5 mi0 / 2
Mar 21, 1976F210 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1974F212 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1972F225 mi0.3 mi0 / 2
Jul 29, 1971F217 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
May 9, 1961F223 mi6.8 mi0 / 4
Nov 16, 1989F111 mi9.1 mi9 / 18
Aug 27, 2020EF18 mi2.6 mi0 / 0
May 31, 2017EF124 mi1.11 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 33, 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 Pine Bush 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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