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Hurricane history · Delaware

Hurricanes near Townsend, DE

Hurricanes

0

None major

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 0 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Townsend. The strongest was Isaias in 2020, with winds near 69 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5857
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6915
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5227
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6924
1992Danielle SepTropical storm468
1971Doria AugTropical storm6945
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm4045
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5845
1955Connie AugTropical storm5853
1955Diane AugTropical storm4046
1952Able SepTropical storm5852

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s02
1970s01
1980s00
1990s02
2000s01
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 Townsend 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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