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Hurricane history · Delaware

Hurricanes near Bear, DE

Hurricanes

0

None major

Tropical storms

9

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 0 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bear. The strongest was Isaias in 2020, with winds near 69 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6915
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5234
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6933
1992Danielle SepTropical storm4612
1971Doria AugTropical storm6952
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5852
1955Connie AugTropical storm5860
1955Diane AugTropical storm4634
1952Able SepTropical storm5842

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s01
1970s01
1980s00
1990s02
2000s01
2010s00
2020s01

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 Bear 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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