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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Uxbridge, MA

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

51 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Uxbridge, Massachusetts since 1851, 12 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Henri in 2021. Since 1950, 55 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
12

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
39

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
55

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

99 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Uxbridge

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021HenriAug 2243 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2021ElsaJul 927 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
2013AndreaJun 830 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2008HannaSep 77 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2007BarryJun 426 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2004HermineAug 3154 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 1719 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1411 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1991BobAug 1933 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2746 miCategory 1 (83 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1050 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 2865 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1161 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1966AlmaJun 1454 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1515 miTropical storm (66 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 127 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3031 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1959CindyJul 1154 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1954EdnaSep 1172 miCategory 2 (109 mph)Category 3
1954CarolAug 316 miCategory 2 (105 mph)Category 3
1952AbleSep 247 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1529 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 5
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2169 miCategory 2 (100 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 929 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 2056 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1939 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 2137 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 173 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 5overheadTropical storm (39 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 315 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1907Unnamed 1907 stormJun 3049 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1547 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1712 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 242 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 1048 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1011 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2973 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1889Unnamed 1889 stormSep 2572 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1214 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 227 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 3
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1963 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2456 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 557 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3027 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2724 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1869Unnamed 1869 stormOct 465 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1869Unnamed 1869 stormSep 811 miCategory 2 (105 mph)Category 3
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 38 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2827 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 162 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1851Unnamed 1851 stormOct 195 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s13
  • 2010s10(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s3
  • 1990s2
  • 1980s8
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s7
  • 1950s7(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Uxbridge, Massachusetts
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 9, 1953F417 mi34.9 mi94 / 1228
Jun 1, 2011EF319 mi37.58 mi3 / 200
Jun 9, 1953F35 mi28 mi0 / 17
Aug 10, 1979F223 mi9.7 mi2 / 2
Aug 18, 2023EF217 mi9.1 mi0 / 1
Aug 7, 1986F220 mi4 mi0 / 20
Aug 31, 1966F218 mi1 mi0 / 0
May 20, 1963F223 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
May 20, 1963F223 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Oct 12, 1962F214 mi4.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 21, 1956F223 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 21, 1956F225 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 55, 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 Uxbridge 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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