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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Harrison, NY

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

46 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Harrison, New York since 1851, 7 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 41 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
7

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
39

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
41

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Harrison

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Harrison, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 241 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 956 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 463 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1161 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 856 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 285 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 723 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1724 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1310 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2728 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2458 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1026 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2211 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 286 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1127 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1533 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1247 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3015 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1925 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 135 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1566 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 5
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2143 miCategory 3 (119 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 938 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1932 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 306 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1750 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 415 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3075 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1558 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1652 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1446 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 156 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2451 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1046 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2949 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 244 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1234 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2226 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2447 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 552 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 308 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2618 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3017 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1919 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 364 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2812 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1

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

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s11
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s11
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Harrison, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 12, 2006F28 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Sep 7, 1998F222 mi0.2 mi0 / 6
Jul 19, 1971F217 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 27, 1970F222 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 15, 1970F211 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 1962F219 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1956F221 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 1950F224 mi5 mi0 / 3
Sep 16, 2010EF112 mi4 mi1 / 1
Oct 2, 2018EF123 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF116 mi3.76 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF114 mi4.28 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 41, 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 Harrison 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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