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Hurricane history · Connecticut

Hurricanes near Old Saybrook Center, CT

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Old Saybrook Center. That's a hurricane about once every 19 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 storm6314
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5820
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5214
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5823
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6925
1991Bob AugCategory 210440
1985Gloria SepCategory 18634
1985Henri SepTropical storm4020
1976Belle AugTropical storm6934
1971Doria AugTropical storm5858
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6336
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6318
1960Donna SepCategory 2982
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5235
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5856
1955Diane AugTropical storm4634
1954Carol AugCategory 311517

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s13
1970s02
1980s11
1990s12
2000s01
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 Old Saybrook Center 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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