Landfall

Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near Norfolk, VA

Hurricanes

7

None major

Tropical storms

21

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 21 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Norfolk. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Donna in 1960, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

Check your address for the next storm

Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5840
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4654
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6948
2011Irene AugCategory 17534
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5252
2004Charley AugTropical storm5219
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4027
2000Helene SepTropical storm5234
1999Floyd SepCategory 17512
1997Danny JulTropical storm5224
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6933
1992Danielle SepTropical storm6347
1986Charley AugCategory 18136
1983Dean SepTropical storm5847
1981Bret JulTropical storm4635
1971Doria AugTropical storm695
1970Alma MayTropical storm4051
1969Camille AugTropical storm5213
1967Doria SepTropical storm6932
1964Cleo SepTropical storm4644
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm5815
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm528
1960Donna SepCategory 29851
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5815
1959Cindy JulTropical storm529
1955Ione SepCategory 17538
1955Connie AugCategory 1867
1953Barbara AugCategory 19238

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s31
1960s16
1970s02
1980s12
1990s13
2000s04
2010s10
2020s03

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

Nearby