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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Garrison, 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 Garrison, New York since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 37 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
37

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

11 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Garrison

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Garrison, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 270 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 441 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2814 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 750 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1748 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1337 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2746 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1044 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2215 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2816 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1144 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1556 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1269 miCategory 2 (97 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3039 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1953 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 18 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2969 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2153 miCategory 3 (113 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 949 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1961 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3014 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1774 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 413 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1474 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 132 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2474 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1069 miCategory 1 (83 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2922 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2414 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1260 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 223 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2474 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2358 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3033 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2645 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 303 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 192 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2835 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 Garrison: 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 Garrison

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s8
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s9
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s4
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Garrison, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 15, 2018EF215 mi1.18 mi0 / 0
Jul 12, 2006F220 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Jul 10, 1989F213 mi0.5 mi0 / 5
Jul 29, 1971F210 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 1971F29 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1956F224 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 1950F223 mi5 mi0 / 3
Nov 16, 1989F114 mi9.1 mi9 / 18
Aug 27, 2020EF118 mi2.6 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF111 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF113 mi4.28 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF120 mi2.92 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 37, 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 Garrison 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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