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Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near Newport News, VA

Hurricanes

6

None major

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Newport News. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Connie in 1955, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5822
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6930
2011Irene AugCategory 17552
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5234
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm4626
2004Charley AugTropical storm5236
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4010
2000Helene SepTropical storm4652
1999Floyd SepCategory 17530
1997Danny JulTropical storm5239
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6915
1986Charley AugCategory 18154
1983Dean SepTropical storm5243
1981Bret JulTropical storm4036
1971Doria AugTropical storm6922
1970Alma MayTropical storm4048
1969Camille AugTropical storm527
1967Doria SepTropical storm6350
1964Cleo SepTropical storm4054
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm5829
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5226
1960Brenda JulTropical storm585
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4614
1955Ione SepCategory 17556
1955Connie AugCategory 18621
1953Barbara AugCategory 18656

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s31
1960s06
1970s02
1980s12
1990s12
2000s05
2010s10
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 Newport News 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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