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Hurricane history · Rhode Island

Hurricanes near Tiverton, RI

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Tiverton. 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 115 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Henri AugTropical storm6317
2021Elsa JulTropical storm588
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5231
2006Beryl JulTropical storm5258
2004Hermine AugTropical storm4019
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5856
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6947
1991Bob AugCategory 210411
1961Esther SepTropical storm5850
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6352
1960Donna SepCategory 18641
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5824
1955Diane AugTropical storm4651
1954Edna SepCategory 210940
1954Carol AugCategory 311535

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s12
1970s00
1980s00
1990s12
2000s03
2010s00
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 Tiverton 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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