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Hurricane history · New York

Hurricanes near Rockville Centre, NY

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Rockville Centre. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. 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 storm5838
2020Fay JulTropical storm4033
2011Irene AugTropical storm6319
2008Hanna SepTropical storm524
1999Floyd SepTropical storm588
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6912
1985Gloria SepCategory 19218
1985Henri SepTropical storm4042
1976Belle AugCategory 18118
1971Doria AugTropical storm6318
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6318
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6323
1960Donna SepCategory 29834
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5814
1955Diane AugTropical storm467
1952Able SepTropical storm5854

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s13
1970s11
1980s11
1990s02
2000s01
2010s01
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 Rockville Centre 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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