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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Stormville, NY

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

36 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Stormville, New York since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 47 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
30

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
47

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

10 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Stormville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Stormville, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 444 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 289 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 752 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1747 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1339 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2739 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1039 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2230 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2813 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1137 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1554 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1267 miCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3038 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1964 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 15 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2967 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2141 miCategory 2 (108 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 945 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1969 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3010 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1774 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 417 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 133 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2474 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1066 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2921 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 248 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1263 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2212 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2474 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2355 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3034 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2649 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3010 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 192 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2833 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1

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

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s5
  • 2000s13
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s6
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Stormville, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 15, 2018EF24 mi1.18 mi0 / 0
May 18, 2000F223 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 10, 1989F29 mi0.5 mi0 / 5
Jul 29, 1971F216 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 1971F27 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1951F217 mi43.9 mi0 / 9
Jul 14, 1950F223 mi5 mi0 / 3
Nov 16, 1989F122 mi9.1 mi9 / 18
Nov 12, 2021EF115 mi2.44 mi0 / 0
Apr 21, 2021EF122 mi0.64 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF124 mi4.28 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF18 mi2.92 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 47, 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 Stormville 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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