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Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near Portsmouth, VA

Hurricanes

7

None major

Tropical storms

22

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 22 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Portsmouth. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Donna in 1960, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5840
2021Claudette JunTropical storm4652
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6945
2011Irene AugCategory 17538
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5248
2006Ernesto SepTropical storm4639
2004Charley AugTropical storm5225
2004Gaston AugTropical storm4027
2000Helene SepTropical storm5235
1999Floyd SepCategory 18117
1997Danny JulTropical storm5222
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6928
1992Danielle SepTropical storm6354
1986Charley AugCategory 18139
1983Dean SepTropical storm5253
1981Bret JulTropical storm4642
1971Doria AugTropical storm698
1970Alma MayTropical storm4043
1969Camille AugTropical storm5217
1967Doria SepTropical storm6935
1964Cleo SepTropical storm4639
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm5822
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5212
1960Donna SepCategory 29855
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5813
1959Cindy JulTropical storm464
1955Ione SepCategory 17539
1955Connie AugCategory 18614
1953Barbara AugCategory 18641

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s31
1960s16
1970s02
1980s12
1990s13
2000s05
2010s10
2020s03

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 Portsmouth 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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