NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit East Norwich, NY
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
50 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of East Norwich, New York since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 35 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 10
- Tropical storms
- 40
- Tornadoes
- 35
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
1 deaths in all
What the records show for East Norwich
The strongest storm to pass near East Norwich was an unnamed storm in 1938, a Category 3 hurricane with 120 mph winds when its centre passed 33 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1893, whose centre came within 15 miles. The record near East Norwich begins with an unnamed storm in 1858; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 30 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 5 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 50 systems, 8 have come since 2000. East Norwich has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 80% of the 809 New York cities on this site. The highest rating among the 35 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 6 times; the most recent, on July 12, 2006, came within 19 miles. The deadliest, an EF1 on September 16, 2010, killed 1 person. Of the 35, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 19 have come since 2000. The most recent tornado was on November 13, 2021. East Norwich has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 70% of the 809 New York cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 55 times since 1979, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). East Norwich has more hail reports within 10 miles than 67% of the 809 New York cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near East Norwich
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaSep 2 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | FayJul 11 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2011 | IreneAug 28 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2008 | HannaSep 7 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2007 | BarryJun 4 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1999 | FloydSep 17 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 13 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | GloriaSep 27 | 17 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1985 | HenriSep 24 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1976 | BelleAug 10 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1972 | AgnesJun 22 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | Unnamed 1968 stormSep 11 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 15 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 12 | 34 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | DianeAug 19 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1954 | CarolAug 31 | 65 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 15 | 53 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1938 | Unnamed 1938 stormSep 21 | 33 mi | Category 3 (120 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormSep 9 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormMay 30 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 45 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 14 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 24 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 10 | 33 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 24 | 15 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 12 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormAug 22 | 37 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 24 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 19 | 72 mi | Category 1 (89 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 5 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormOct 30 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 19 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormNov 3 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1858 | Unnamed 1858 stormSep 16 | 65 mi | Category 1 (92 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in East Norwich: 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 East Norwich
By decade
- 2020s3
- 2010s12
- 2000s4
- 1990s5
- 1980s2
- 1970s9
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2006 | F2 | 19 mi | 10.1 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Sep 7, 1998 | F2 | 16 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Sep 18, 1973 | F2 | 13 mi | 1.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 19, 1971 | F2 | 18 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 27, 1970 | F2 | 10 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 1970 | F2 | 21 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 16, 2010 | EF1 | 12 mi | 4 mi | 1 / 1 |
| Oct 2, 2018 | EF1 | 18 mi | 3.76 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 2, 2018 | EF1 | 25 mi | 4.28 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Sep 8, 2012 | EF1 | 24 mi | 4.74 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 25, 2010 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.87 mi | 0 / 7 |
| Jul 18, 2007 | EF1 | 19 mi | 0.67 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 35, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in East Norwich
The Storm Prediction Center has 55 hail reports within 10 miles of East Norwich since 1979, made on 32 separate days. Of these, 23 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on August 1, 2011. The most recent report is from June 6, 2023. August has the most reports, 18.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in East Norwich
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Centerport, NY, 9 miles east of East Norwich at 30 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 25°F. September is the wettest at 4.7 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 48.5 inches. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 51% of the year's precipitation (24.9 of 48.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 50 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (21); a normal September there has highs of 74°F and 4.7 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 11 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 88 nights a year. That 48.5 inches is more than at 111 of the 137 New York stations used on this site (81%). Syosset, 3 miles southeast, has its own station (Farmingdale Airport, NY): 38.5 inches a year, 10.0 less than here, and the same July average high, 83°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Kings Point, NY, 12 miles west, averaged 74°F in August and 38°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Kings Point tide gauge, 12 miles from East Norwich, has risen 1.08 ± 0.04 inches per decade from 1931 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 10.8 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 62 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38 | 25 | 3.7 | 40 |
| Feb | 40 | 25 | 3.1 | 38 |
| Mar | 47 | 31 | 4.2 | 42 |
| Apr | 60 | 41 | 4.1 | 48 |
| May | 70 | 51 | 3.9 | 57 |
| Jun | 78 | 60 | 4.3 | 65 |
| Jul | 83 | 66 | 3.8 | 71 |
| Aug | 81 | 65 | 4.3 | 74 |
| Sep | 74 | 59 | 4.7 | 72 |
| Oct | 63 | 49 | 4.3 | 63 |
| Nov | 52 | 39 | 3.5 | 54 |
| Dec | 43 | 31 | 4.6 | 44 |
| Year | 61 | 45 | 48.5 | 56 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Centerport, NY (30 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Kings Point, NY, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near East Norwich
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 276 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of East Norwich: 156 thunderstorm wind reports, 98 flash floods, 12 floods, 9 lightning strikes and 1 heavy rain event. They killed 0 people and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $18.1 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on September 1, 2021. August has had the most flash floods, 44 of 98. Of the 798 New York cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 647 have had fewer than East Norwich.
July 27, 2008: lightning strike 6 miles from the centre of East Norwich — 5 injured.
July 18, 2012: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of East Norwich — 2 injured, $10,000 damage.
August 16, 1997: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of East Norwich — 1 injured.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Nassau County, which includes East Norwich, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 21 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 hurricanes, 6 severe storms, 4 floods, 3 snowstorms). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storm and Flooding, on January 30, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Nassau County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for coastal flooding and lightning; Relatively High for hurricanes, inland flooding and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $298.6 million a year, the 5th highest of 62 New York counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $183.9 million (62%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
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