Hurricanes near Nantucket, MA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Nantucket. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Gerda in 1969. The strongest was Gerda in 1969, with winds near 121 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
2006	Beryl Jul	Tropical storm	52	2
2004	Hermine Aug	Tropical storm	40	45
1997	Danny Jul	Tropical storm	58	41
1988	Alberto Aug	Tropical storm	40	32
1973	Alfa Aug	Tropical storm	40	35
1972	Carrie Sep	Tropical storm	63	24
1969	Gerda Sep	Category 3	121	44
1962	Alma Aug	Category 1	86	41
1961	Esther Sep	Category 1	86	11
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	43
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	46	20
1954	Edna Sep	Category 2	109	23
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	75	56

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	2
1960s	3	0
1970s	0	2
1980s	0	1
1990s	0	1
2000s	0	2
2010s	0	0
2020s	0	0

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 Nantucket at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

Nearby

Dennis Port, MA 5 hurricanes
West Dennis, MA 4 hurricanes
West Yarmouth, MA 3 hurricanes
South Yarmouth, MA 3 hurricanes
Northwest Harwich, MA 4 hurricanes
South Dennis, MA 3 hurricanes
East Harwich, MA 4 hurricanes
Yarmouth Port, MA 2 hurricanes