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Hurricane history · Delaware

Hurricanes near Bridgeville, DE

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Bridgeville. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Irene in 2011, with winds near 75 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5823
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6934
2011Irene AugCategory 17545
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5212
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6938
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6915
1992Danielle SepTropical storm635
1971Doria AugTropical storm6922
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm4640
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5834
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5816
1955Connie AugTropical storm6347

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s03
1970s01
1980s00
1990s03
2000s01
2010s10
2020s02

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 Bridgeville 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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