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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodbourne, NY

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

18 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Woodbourne, New York since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 17 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
16

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
17

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Woodbourne

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Woodbourne, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 43 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2856 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 645 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1972AgnesJun 238 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2860 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1952AbleSep 137 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2924 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 331 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3057 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 457 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1766 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 113 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2923 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2455 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2243 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2313 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 2
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3037 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1945 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Woodbourne, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 22, 2023EF217 mi9.95 mi0 / 0
Jul 26, 1986F214 mi0.5 mi0 / 2
Mar 21, 1976F214 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1974F220 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1972F210 mi0.3 mi0 / 2
May 9, 1961F24 mi6.8 mi0 / 4
Jul 13, 2014EF110 mi0.75 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 2003F16 mi3 mi0 / 0
Sep 28, 1996F111 mi1.7 mi0 / 1
Oct 13, 1990F120 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1986F12 mi1 mi0 / 2
Jun 30, 1976F124 mi1.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 17, 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 Woodbourne 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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