Hurricanes near Ocean View, DE

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ocean View. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Gloria in 1985, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	13
2020	Fay Jul	Tropical storm	58	33
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	75	17
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	37
2004	Gaston Aug	Tropical storm	40	34
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	69	9
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	37
1992	Danielle Sep	Tropical storm	63	29
1986	Charley Aug	Category 1	75	54
1985	Gloria Sep	Category 2	98	34
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	13
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	58	15
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	98	48
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	58	16
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	46
1953	Barbara Aug	Category 1	92	59

By decade

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

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 Ocean View 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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