Hurricanes near Pawtucket, RI

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Pawtucket. 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	6
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	9
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	17
2004	Hermine Aug	Tropical storm	40	29
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	58	38
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	31
1991	Bob Aug	Category 2	104	15
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	69	34
1960	Donna Sep	Category 1	86	25
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	52	50
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	37
1954	Edna Sep	Category 2	109	55
1954	Carol Aug	Category 3	115	22

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	2	1
1960s	1	2
1970s	0	0
1980s	0	0
1990s	1	2
2000s	0	2
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 Pawtucket 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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