Hurricanes near Oxoboxo River, CT

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Oxoboxo River. 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

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Henri Aug	Tropical storm	63	8
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	19
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	10
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	58	25
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	26
1991	Bob Aug	Category 2	104	32
1985	Gloria Sep	Category 1	86	42
1985	Henri Sep	Tropical storm	40	19
1976	Belle Aug	Tropical storm	63	42
1968	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	63	45
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	63	23
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	98	8
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	52	34
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	52
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	46	43
1954	Carol Aug	Category 3	115	12

By decade

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