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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Carmel, NY

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

38 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Carmel, New York since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 50 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
32

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
50

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

11 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Carmel

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Carmel, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 271 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 450 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 284 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 746 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1741 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1332 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2735 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1034 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2229 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 287 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1133 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1549 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1262 miCategory 2 (96 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3032 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1957 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 112 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2974 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2140 miCategory 3 (110 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 939 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1961 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 305 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1767 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 410 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1670 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 139 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2467 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1061 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2927 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 244 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1256 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 224 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2467 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2362 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3027 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2642 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3014 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 197 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2827 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Carmel: 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 Carmel

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s14
  • 1990s10
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Carmel, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 15, 2018EF23 mi1.18 mi0 / 0
Jul 12, 2006F224 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Jul 10, 1989F22 mi0.5 mi0 / 5
Jul 29, 1971F218 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 1971F2in town4.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1951F218 mi43.9 mi0 / 9
Jul 14, 1950F215 mi5 mi0 / 3
Nov 16, 1989F125 mi9.1 mi9 / 18
Nov 12, 2021EF122 mi2.44 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF123 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF123 mi3.76 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF118 mi4.28 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 50, 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 Carmel 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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