Hurricanes near Crisfield, MD

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Crisfield. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Barbara in 1953, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	11
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	40
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	75	41
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	29
2004	Gaston Aug	Tropical storm	40	24
1999	Floyd Sep	Category 1	75	30
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	22
1992	Danielle Sep	Tropical storm	63	17
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	53
1983	Dean Sep	Tropical storm	58	29
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	14
1967	Doria Sep	Tropical storm	69	56
1963	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	52	17
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	58	18
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	58	9
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	41
1955	Connie Aug	Category 1	75	23
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	58

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	1
1960s	0	4
1970s	0	1
1980s	1	1
1990s	1	2
2000s	0	2
2010s	1	0
2020s	0	2

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 Crisfield 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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