Hurricanes near Amherst Town, MA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Amherst Town. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Carol in 1954, with winds near 109 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Henri Aug	Tropical storm	46	46
2011	Irene Aug	Tropical storm	58	32
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	52
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	58	28
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	36
1985	Gloria Sep	Category 1	86	13
1976	Belle Aug	Tropical storm	58	2
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	58	16
1968	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	63	13
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	63	36
1960	Donna Sep	Category 1	86	42
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	52	18
1954	Carol Aug	Category 2	109	43
1952	Able Sep	Tropical storm	52	8

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	1
1960s	1	3
1970s	0	2
1980s	1	0
1990s	0	2
2000s	0	1
2010s	0	1
2020s	0	1

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Amherst Town at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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