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Hurricane history · Virginia

Hurricanes near Williamsburg, VA

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

15

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 15 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Williamsburg. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Floyd in 1999. The strongest was Connie in 1955, with winds near 81 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm585
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6917
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5218
2004Charley AugTropical storm5251
2004Gaston AugTropical storm408
1999Floyd SepCategory 17546
1997Danny JulTropical storm4656
1996Bertha JulTropical storm693
1983Dean SepTropical storm5236
1971Doria AugTropical storm6937
1970Alma MayTropical storm4056
1969Camille AugTropical storm4610
1963Unnamed JunTropical storm5836
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm5241
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5822
1959Cindy JulTropical storm4631
1955Connie AugCategory 18130

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s11
1960s04
1970s02
1980s01
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 Williamsburg 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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