Hurricanes near East Harwich, MA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of East Harwich. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Bob in 1991. The strongest was Gerda in 1969, with winds near 115 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	52	51
2006	Beryl Jul	Tropical storm	52	19
2004	Hermine Aug	Tropical storm	40	42
1991	Bob Aug	Category 1	92	52
1988	Alberto Aug	Tropical storm	40	49
1973	Alfa Aug	Tropical storm	40	38
1969	Gerda Sep	Category 3	115	53
1962	Alma Aug	Category 1	81	58
1961	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	9
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	31
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	46	49
1954	Edna Sep	Category 2	109	11

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	2	1
1970s	0	1
1980s	0	1
1990s	1	0
2000s	0	2
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 East Harwich at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

Nearby

Brewster, MA 3 hurricanes
Northwest Harwich, MA 4 hurricanes
Dennis Port, MA 5 hurricanes
South Dennis, MA 3 hurricanes
North Eastham, MA 3 hurricanes
East Dennis, MA 3 hurricanes
West Dennis, MA 4 hurricanes
Dennis, MA 2 hurricanes