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Hurricane history · Rhode Island

Hurricanes near Newport, RI

Hurricanes

5

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Newport. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Bob in 1991. 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 storm6324
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5811
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5235
2006Beryl JulTropical storm5254
2004Hermine AugTropical storm4022
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5858
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6952
1991Bob AugCategory 21047
1961Esther SepCategory 18654
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6353
1960Donna SepCategory 19242
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5818
1955Diane AugTropical storm4639
1954Edna SepCategory 210940
1954Carol AugCategory 311531

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s21
1970s00
1980s00
1990s12
2000s03
2010s00
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 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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