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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Auburn, NH

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

41 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Auburn, New Hampshire since 1851, 5 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Elsa in 2021. Since 1950, 33 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
5

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
36

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
33

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Auburn

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Auburn, New Hampshire, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021ElsaJul 961 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 1
2013AndreaJun 863 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2867 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 752 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2007BarryJun 542 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 1714 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1426 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1991BobAug 1951 miCategory 1 (83 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2726 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1060 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 2846 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1161 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1961EstherSep 2667 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1510 miTropical storm (67 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1313 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 317 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1954CarolAug 314 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 3
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1558 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 914 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 197 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 2145 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1716 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 573 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3122 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1741 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 152 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2422 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 1043 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 103 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2938 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2471 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1251 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2259 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 247 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 302 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1869Unnamed 1869 stormOct 458 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1869Unnamed 1869 stormSep 917 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 3
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 327 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2814 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 166 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 2
1851Unnamed 1851 stormOct 1970 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Auburn: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Auburn

By decade

  • 2000s1
  • 1990s2
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s16
  • 1950s7(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Auburn, New Hampshire
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 9, 1953F319 mi1.5 mi0 / 5
Jul 24, 2008EF211 mi50.46 mi1 / 2
Jul 6, 1999F221 mi7.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1972F222 mi7.6 mi0 / 4
Aug 28, 1965F221 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1963F27 mi10 mi0 / 0
Jul 2, 1961F213 mi5.1 mi0 / 1
Jul 2, 1961F219 mi2 mi0 / 0
Nov 21, 1956F223 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1951F224 mi9.3 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1951F216 mi4.9 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 1984F119 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 33, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Auburn while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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