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Hurricane history · Connecticut

Hurricanes near Glastonbury Center, CT

Hurricanes

3

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Glastonbury Center. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Carol in 1954, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Henri AugTropical storm633
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5849
2011Irene AugTropical storm6343
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5224
1999Floyd SepTropical storm587
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6915
1985Gloria SepCategory 18615
1985Henri SepTropical storm4049
1976Belle AugTropical storm6912
1971Doria AugTropical storm5835
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6321
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6318
1960Donna SepCategory 29823
1960Brenda JulTropical storm524
1954Carol AugCategory 311537
1952Able SepTropical storm5238

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s13
1970s02
1980s11
1990s02
2000s01
2010s01
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 Glastonbury Center 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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