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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit East Windsor, CT

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

48 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of East Windsor, Connecticut since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Henri in 2021. Since 1950, 59 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
10

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
38

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
59

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

6 deaths in all

What the records show for East Windsor

The strongest storm to pass near East Windsor was an unnamed storm in 1869, a Category 3 hurricane with 110 mph winds when its centre passed 55 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Gloria in 1985, whose centre came within 8 miles. The record near East Windsor begins with an unnamed storm in 1851; the most recent system was Henri in 2021, a tropical storm 42 miles away. The 1860s and the 1890s were the busiest decades, with 5 systems each. Of the 48 systems, 6 have come since 2000. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site, 47% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than East Windsor. The strongest of the 59 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on October 3, 1979; its path came within 4 miles, and it killed 3 people. The deadliest, an EF3 on June 1, 2011, killed 3 people. Of the 59, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 19 have come since 2000. June and August have had the most tornadoes, 14 each. The most recent tornado was on June 21, 2024. East Windsor has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 71% of the 186 Connecticut cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 87 times since 1961, with stones up to 2.75 inches (baseball size). East Windsor has more hail reports within 10 miles than 94% of the 186 Connecticut cities.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near East Windsor

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of East Windsor, Connecticut, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021HenriAug 2242 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2021ElsaJul 958 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2013AndreaJun 859 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2838 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 732 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2007BarryJun 464 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 1714 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1316 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1991BobAug 1971 miCategory 2 (101 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 278 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 107 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2273 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2826 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1114 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1520 miTropical storm (64 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1231 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 304 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1954CarolAug 3140 miCategory 2 (109 mph)Category 3
1952AbleSep 125 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1562 miCategory 2 (99 mph)Category 5
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2118 miCategory 2 (102 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 913 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 2067 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3034 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1735 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 510 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3046 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1571 miCategory 1 (83 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1645 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 161 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2439 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1028 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2945 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2441 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1241 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2215 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2463 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2460 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 572 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 305 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2737 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1869Unnamed 1869 stormSep 855 miCategory 3 (110 mph)Category 3
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3060 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1946 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 349 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 283 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1858Unnamed 1858 stormSep 1641 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 2
1851Unnamed 1851 stormOct 1951 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s11(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s1
  • 1970s14(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s16(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near East Windsor, Connecticut
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Oct 3, 1979F44 mi11.3 mi3 / 500
Jun 1, 2011EF313 mi37.58 mi3 / 200
May 10, 1954F37 mi0.3 mi0 / 2
Aug 21, 1951F323 mi0.1 mi0 / 8
Jul 5, 1984F217 mi3 mi0 / 0
Jul 24, 1975F214 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1973F28 mi3.3 mi0 / 0
Aug 31, 1973F214 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 11, 1966F220 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 19, 1965F28 mi6.6 mi0 / 0
Sep 7, 1958F216 mi1.3 mi0 / 2
May 10, 1954F215 mi0.8 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 59, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in East Windsor

The Storm Prediction Center has 87 hail reports within 10 miles of East Windsor since 1961, made on 59 separate days. Of these, 31 were 1 inch across or larger, and 5 reached 2 inches. The largest, 2.75 inches (baseball size), fell on June 20, 1995. The most recent report is from August 15, 2024. June has the most reports, 28.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in East Windsor

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Hartford Bradley International Airport, CT, 5 miles northwest of East Windsor at 190 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 63°F; January is the coolest, at 35°F and 19°F. October is the wettest at 4.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 47.1 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (25.1 of 47.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 48 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (20); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 4.4 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 20 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 126 nights a year. Snowfall averages 51.7 inches a year, most of it in February. That 47.1 inches is more than at 8 of the 27 Connecticut stations used on this site (30%). South Windsor, 5 miles southeast, has its own station (Hartford Brainard Field, CT): 42.9 inches a year, 4.2 less than here, and the same July average high, 85°F.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Hartford Bradley International Airport, CT
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow in
Jan35193.3614.2
Feb39213.1614.8
Mar47283.879.4
Apr61383.971.1
May72483.870.0
Jun80584.370.0
Jul85634.270.0
Aug83624.270.0
Sep76544.460.0
Oct64424.560.7
Nov52333.561.4
Dec41254.1710.1
Year614147.18151.7

Averages for 1991–2020 at Hartford Bradley International Airport, CT (190 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

Connecticut weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near East Windsor

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 283 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of East Windsor: 221 thunderstorm wind reports, 29 flash floods, 22 floods, 9 lightning strikes and 2 heavy rain events. They killed 0 people and injured 6, and the NWS estimated $8.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 81 mph, on November 13, 2021. August has had the most flash floods, 13 of 29. Of the 186 Connecticut cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 96 have had fewer than East Windsor.

  • March 7, 2011: flood 9 miles from the centre of East Windsor — 3 injured.

  • June 29, 2021: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of East Windsor — 2 injured, $15,000 damage.

  • July 1, 2025: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of East Windsor — 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

Flood insurance policyholders in East Windsor's ZIP code 06088 have filed 23 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1982, and were paid $233,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1984: 14 claims (61% of all) and $214,000. 83% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 128 Connecticut cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 33 have fewer than East Windsor.

Flood insurance claims in East Windsor by named event
EventClaimsPaid
Flooding198414$214,000

Hartford County, which includes East Windsor, has been named in 30 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1978, 15 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 8 snowstorms, 6 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Isaias, on January 12, 2021.

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).

What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.

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