Hurricanes near Salisbury, MD

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Salisbury. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. The strongest was Gloria in 1985, with winds near 98 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	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	5
2020	Isaias Aug	Tropical storm	69	44
2020	Fay Jul	Tropical storm	58	56
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	75	37
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	23
2004	Gaston Aug	Tropical storm	40	40
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	69	30
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	21
1992	Danielle Sep	Tropical storm	63	5
1985	Gloria Sep	Category 2	98	59
1983	Dean Sep	Tropical storm	46	60
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	14
1963	Unnamed Jun	Tropical storm	46	35
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	58	16
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	58	5
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	54
1955	Connie Aug	Tropical storm	69	43

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	2
1960s	0	3
1970s	0	1
1980s	1	1
1990s	0	3
2000s	0	2
2010s	1	0
2020s	0	3

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 Salisbury 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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