Hurricanes near East Sandwich, MA

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 7 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of East Sandwich. That's a hurricane about once every 38 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 August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	35
2006	Beryl Jul	Tropical storm	52	35
2004	Hermine Aug	Tropical storm	40	21
1991	Bob Aug	Category 2	98	35
1973	Alfa Aug	Tropical storm	40	59
1961	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	12
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	14
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	46	53
1954	Edna Sep	Category 2	109	7

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	1	2
1960s	0	1
1970s	0	1
1980s	0	0
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 Sandwich 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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