Hurricanes near Boston, MA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Boston. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Bob in 1991. The strongest was Edna 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	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	23
2004	Hermine Aug	Tropical storm	40	16
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	58	30
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	21
1991	Bob Aug	Category 1	92	15
1961	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	47
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	69	32
1960	Donna Sep	Category 1	81	24
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	46	47
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	44
1954	Edna Sep	Category 2	109	56
1954	Carol Aug	Category 2	109	32
1952	Able Sep	Tropical storm	40	52

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	2
1960s	1	3
1970s	0	0
1980s	0	0
1990s	1	2
2000s	0	1
2010s	0	0
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 Boston 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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Malden, MA 3 hurricanes
Cambridge, MA 3 hurricanes