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Hurricane history · Maine

Hurricanes near South Eliot, ME

Hurricanes

4

None major

Tropical storms

5

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 5 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Eliot. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Bob in 1991. The strongest was Carol in 1954, 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
1999Floyd SepTropical storm584
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6917
1991Bob AugCategory 18631
1985Gloria SepCategory 17550
1961Esther SepTropical storm5240
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm699
1960Donna SepCategory 17523
1960Brenda JulTropical storm4630
1954Carol AugCategory 29831

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s10
1960s13
1970s00
1980s10
1990s12
2000s00
2010s00
2020s00

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 Eliot 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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