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Hurricane history · Connecticut

Hurricanes near New Canaan, CT

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of New Canaan. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Donna in 1960, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5856
2011Irene AugTropical storm6313
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5224
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5823
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6915
1985Gloria SepCategory 18620
1985Henri SepTropical storm4056
1976Belle AugCategory 17518
1971Doria AugTropical storm5812
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6319
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6329
1960Donna SepCategory 29842
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5816
1955Diane AugTropical storm4635
1952Able SepTropical storm5834

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s13
1970s11
1980s11
1990s02
2000s01
2010s01
2020s01

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 New Canaan 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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