NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Your City
13,642 US cities with every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
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Hurricanes, tornadoes and hail side by side: which had more, the strongest and closest storms, and every decade since records began.
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Enter a ZIP code to see the storm records of the nearest cities, with the strongest hurricane and tornado near each.
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- Alaska(5)
- Alabama(323)
- Arkansas(213)
- Arizona(134)
- California(705)
- Colorado(157)
- Connecticut(186)
- District of Columbia(1)
- Delaware(37)
- Florida(407)
- Georgia(405)
- Hawaii(57)
- Iowa(241)
- Idaho(90)
- Illinois(548)
- Indiana(356)
- Kansas(171)
- Kentucky(281)
- Louisiana(245)
- Massachusetts(346)
- Maryland(239)
- Maine(160)
- Michigan(546)
- Minnesota(341)
- Missouri(334)
- Mississippi(232)
- Montana(73)
- North Carolina(475)
- North Dakota(37)
- Nebraska(91)
- New Hampshire(142)
- New Jersey(455)
- New Mexico(94)
- Nevada(32)
- New York(809)
- Ohio(605)
- Oklahoma(216)
- Oregon(149)
- Pennsylvania(794)
- Puerto Rico(86)
- Rhode Island(49)
- South Carolina(246)
- South Dakota(61)
- Tennessee(339)
- Texas(753)
- Utah(99)
- Virginia(364)
- Vermont(75)
- Washington(226)
- Wisconsin(416)
- West Virginia(161)
- Wyoming(35)
Notable storms and years in numbers
Guides
- The Saffir-Simpson Scale, Counted Across US Cities
- Hurricane Season by Month: When Storms Reach US Cities
- Hurricanes Near US Cities by Decade, 1850s to 2020s
- Why Storms Before 1950 Have No Names
- Pacific Hurricanes and Tropical Storms That Reached the US
- How to Read a Hurricane Track: The HURDAT2 Database
- The Fujita and Enhanced Fujita Scales in 73,000 Tornadoes
- The Deadliest US Tornadoes Since 1950
Hurricanes that reached the most US cities
- Able 1952Category 2 · 2,595 cities
- Bertha 1996Category 3 · 2,427 cities
- Hanna 2008Category 1 · 2,347 cities
- Elsa 2021Category 1 · 2,322 cities
- Isaias 2020Category 1 · 2,213 cities
- Diane 1955Category 2 · 2,192 cities
- David 1979Category 5 · 2,030 cities
- Floyd 1999Category 4 · 2,009 cities
- Donna 1960Category 4 · 1,911 cities
- Irene 2011Category 3 · 1,812 cities
- Gloria 1985Category 4 · 1,706 cities
- Agnes 1972Category 1 · 1,699 cities
- Ida 2021Category 4 · 1,649 cities
- Zeta 2020Category 3 · 1,509 cities
- Ike 2008Category 4 · 1,382 cities
- Hugo 1989Category 5 · 1,379 cities
- Sandy 2012Category 3 · 1,344 cities
- Belle 1976Category 3 · 1,329 cities
- Opal 1995Category 4 · 1,286 cities
- Hazel 1954Category 4 · 1,223 cities
- Frederic 1979Category 4 · 1,147 cities
- Ernesto 2006Category 1 · 1,135 cities
- Connie 1955Category 4 · 1,115 cities
- Carol 1954Category 3 · 1,005 cities
Most hurricane-hit cities
| City | Hurricanes within 75 mi | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Newport, NC | 45 | Ophelia (2023) |
| Boca Raton, FL | 43 | Nicole (2022) |
| Deerfield Beach, FL | 43 | Nicole (2022) |
| Fort Lauderdale, FL | 42 | Alex (2022) |
| Pompano Beach, FL | 42 | Nicole (2022) |
| Delray Beach, FL | 42 | Nicole (2022) |
| Hollywood, FL | 42 | Sally (2020) |
| Coconut Creek, FL | 42 | Nicole (2022) |
| Atlantis, FL | 42 | Nicole (2022) |
| Oakland Park, FL | 42 | Alex (2022) |
| Boynton Beach, FL | 41 | Nicole (2022) |
| Plantation, FL | 41 | Alex (2022) |
| Davie, FL | 41 | Alex (2022) |
| Lauderdale Lakes, FL | 41 | Alex (2022) |
| Hallandale Beach, FL | 41 | Sally (2020) |
| Southport, NC | 41 | Chantal (2025) |
| West Palm Beach, FL | 40 | Nicole (2022) |
| Pembroke Pines, FL | 40 | Alex (2022) |
| Lake Worth, FL | 40 | Nicole (2022) |
| Sunrise, FL | 40 | Alex (2022) |
| Greenacres, FL | 40 | Nicole (2022) |
| Margate, FL | 40 | Alex (2022) |
| North Lauderdale, FL | 40 | Alex (2022) |
| Lauderhill, FL | 40 | Alex (2022) |
| Tamarac, FL | 40 | Alex (2022) |
Most tornado-prone cities
| City | Tornadoes within 25 mi | EF3 or stronger |
|---|---|---|
| Edmond, OK | 350 | 34 |
| Tampa, FL | 343 | 3 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 340 | 39 |
| Del City, OK | 340 | 36 |
| Moore, OK | 338 | 34 |
| Mustang, OK | 333 | 34 |
| Bethany, OK | 333 | 35 |
| Midwest City, OK | 325 | 35 |
| Norman, OK | 317 | 32 |
| Deer Park, TX | 313 | 11 |
| Seabrook, TX | 313 | 16 |
| Yukon, OK | 311 | 31 |
| Pasadena, TX | 310 | 11 |
| Ruskin, FL | 304 | 6 |
| Apollo Beach, FL | 304 | 5 |
| St Petersburg, FL | 302 | 6 |
| La Porte, TX | 302 | 13 |
| League City, TX | 301 | 14 |
| Choctaw, OK | 300 | 36 |
| Brighton, CO | 296 | 4 |
| Webster, TX | 296 | 12 |
| South Pasadena, FL | 290 | 6 |
| Oldsmar, FL | 290 | 3 |
| Pearland, TX | 289 | 10 |
| Friendswood, TX | 289 | 10 |
Sources: the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 best-track database and the Storm Prediction Center's tornado and hail databases. Cities with a population above 2,000 in the 2020 census. How the counts are made →