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Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near Poquoson, VA

Hurricanes

6

None major

Tropical storms

20

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 20 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Poquoson. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Barbara in 1953, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5829
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6940
2011Irene AugCategory 17542
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5241
2004Charley AugTropical storm5227
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4015
2000Helene SepTropical storm5248
1999Floyd SepCategory 17524
1997Danny JulTropical storm5238
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6923
1992Danielle SepTropical storm6349
1986Charley AugCategory 18145
1983Dean SepTropical storm5835
1981Bret JulTropical storm4625
1971Doria AugTropical storm6913
1970Alma MayTropical storm4058
1969Camille AugTropical storm522
1967Doria SepTropical storm6942
1964Cleo SepTropical storm4057
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm5818
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5817
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5811
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5212
1955Ione SepCategory 17549
1955Connie AugCategory 18610
1953Barbara AugCategory 19248

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s31
1960s06
1970s02
1980s12
1990s13
2000s04
2010s10
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 Poquoson 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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