Hurricanes near South Dennis, MA

Hurricanes

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 8 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Dennis. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Bob in 1991. The strongest was Gerda in 1969, with winds near 115 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	52	48
2006	Beryl Jul	Tropical storm	52	23
2004	Hermine Aug	Tropical storm	40	35
1991	Bob Aug	Category 1	92	48
1988	Alberto Aug	Tropical storm	40	54
1973	Alfa Aug	Tropical storm	40	44
1969	Gerda Sep	Category 3	115	59
1961	Esther Sep	Tropical storm	58	3
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	58	28
1955	Diane Aug	Tropical storm	46	50
1954	Edna Sep	Category 2	109	6

By decade

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

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 South Dennis at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

Nearby

East Dennis, MA 3 hurricanes
Dennis Port, MA 5 hurricanes
West Dennis, MA 4 hurricanes
Northwest Harwich, MA 4 hurricanes
Dennis, MA 2 hurricanes
South Yarmouth, MA 3 hurricanes
Yarmouth Port, MA 2 hurricanes
Brewster, MA 3 hurricanes