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Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near University of Virginia, VA

Hurricanes

0

None major

Tropical storms

5

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 0 hurricanes and 5 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of University of Virginia. The strongest was Isabel in 2003, with winds near 69 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Zeta OctTropical storm5224
2003Isabel SepTropical storm695
1979David SepTropical storm4636
1955Diane AugTropical storm527
1952Able SepTropical storm526

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s00
1970s01
1980s00
1990s00
2000s01
2010s00
2020s01

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 University of Virginia 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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