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Hurricane history · Rhode Island

Hurricanes near Warwick, RI

Hurricanes

4

1 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

10

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Warwick. 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 August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Henri AugTropical storm638
2021Elsa JulTropical storm584
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5220
2004Hermine AugTropical storm4030
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5844
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6937
1991Bob AugCategory 210418
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6342
1960Donna SepCategory 19231
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5254
1959Cindy JulTropical storm5832
1955Diane AugTropical storm4655
1954Edna SepCategory 210952
1954Carol AugCategory 311524

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s22
1960s12
1970s00
1980s00
1990s12
2000s02
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 Warwick 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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