NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Port Richey, FL
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
74 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of New Port Richey, Florida since 1851, 29 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Milton in 2024. Since 1950, 197 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 29
- Tropical storms
- 45
- Tornadoes
- 197
- EF3 or stronger
- 2
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
14 deaths in all
What the records show for New Port Richey
The strongest storm to pass near New Port Richey was an unnamed storm in 1896, a Category 3 hurricane with 127 mph winds when its centre passed 49 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1921, whose centre came within 5 miles. The record near New Port Richey begins with an unnamed storm in 1852; the most recent system was Milton in 2024, a Category 2 hurricane 53 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1880s, with 9 systems, 4 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 74 systems, 11 have come since 2000. New Port Richey has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 67% of the 407 Florida cities on this site. The strongest of the 197 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 4, 1966; its path came within 21 miles, and it killed 11 people. Of the 197, 25 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 55 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 30. The most recent tornado was on June 25, 2025. New Port Richey has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 80% of the 407 Florida cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 45 times since 1961, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). New Port Richey has more hail reports within 10 miles than 56% of the 407 Florida cities.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near New Port Richey
Of the 74 tracks on the map, 26 were moving northeast as they passed New Port Richey, 21 north and 20 northwest. The unnamed 1896 storm, the strongest pass, was heading northeast and came ashore 70 miles north of New Port Richey. Within 75 miles of New Port Richey, 36 of the 74 came ashore, 16 of them as hurricanes. In the last 30 seasons (1996–2025), 11 came near New Port Richey: 3.7 a decade, against 4.3 a decade from 1851 to 1995.
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MiltonOct 10 | 53 mi | Category 2 (105 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2022 | NicoleNov 10 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 7 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | EtaNov 12 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2017 | IrmaSep 11 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (72 mph) | Category 5 |
| 2017 | EmilyJul 31 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | JeanneSep 26 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2004 | FrancesSep 6 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 13 | 66 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2001 | GabrielleSep 14 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2000 | GordonSep 17 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1995 | JerryAug 24 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1995 | ErinAug 2 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1990 | MarcoOct 11 | 18 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1988 | KeithNov 23 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1984 | IsidoreSep 28 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1982 | Unnamed 1982 stormJun 18 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | GladysOct 19 | 21 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1966 | Unnamed 1966 stormJul 1 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1966 | AlmaJun 9 | 64 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 11 | 58 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1959 | Unnamed 1959 stormJun 18 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1953 | Unnamed 1953 stormSep 20 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1950 | KingOct 18 | 74 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1950 | EasySep 6 | 11 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 27 | 23 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1947 | Unnamed 1947 stormSep 23 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1946 | Unnamed 1946 stormOct 8 | 9 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 16 | 58 mi | Category 1 (83 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormJun 24 | 24 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 19 | 31 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormOct 20 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1941 | Unnamed 1941 stormOct 6 | 58 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1939 | Unnamed 1939 stormAug 12 | overhead | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1937 | Unnamed 1937 stormJul 29 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1935 | Unnamed 1935 stormSep 4 | 39 mi | Category 3 (115 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormSep 4 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1930 | Unnamed 1930 stormSep 9 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 17 | 34 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 14 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 9 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1921 | Unnamed 1921 stormOct 25 | 5 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1920 | Unnamed 1920 stormSep 30 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 15 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1910 | Unnamed 1910 stormOct 18 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1909 | Unnamed 1909 stormJun 29 | 28 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 12 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormOct 5 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormJul 31 | 70 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1898 | Unnamed 1898 stormAug 2 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 21 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 29 | 49 mi | Category 3 (127 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 26 | 67 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1892 | Unnamed 1892 stormOct 24 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormJun 17 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormOct 10 | 62 mi | Category 2 (109 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 8 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1887 | Unnamed 1887 stormOct 30 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 18 | 18 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1885 | Unnamed 1885 stormOct 11 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormOct 10 | 67 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormOct 8 | 34 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormAug 30 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormOct 27 | 43 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormSep 10 | 15 mi | Category 2 (104 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 28 | 44 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1873 | Unnamed 1873 stormSep 23 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 23 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormSep 6 | 63 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 25 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1871 | Unnamed 1871 stormAug 17 | 55 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormOct 28 | 32 mi | Category 1 (91 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1858 | Unnamed 1858 stormSep 14 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1852 | Unnamed 1852 stormSep 12 | 16 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 1 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in New Port Richey: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of New Port Richey
By decade
- 2020s16
- 2010s16
- 2000s23
- 1990s57
- 1980s19
- 1970s41(1 EF3+)
- 1960s21(1 EF3+)
- 1950s4
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1966 | F4 | 21 mi | 135.8 mi | 11 / 530 |
| May 4, 1978 | F3 | 23 mi | 1.5 mi | 3 / 94 |
| Oct 11, 2023 | EF2 | 15 mi | 4.97 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 16, 2020 | EF2 | 24 mi | 13.11 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 25, 2006 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.83 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 12, 1992 | F2 | 9 mi | 4.5 mi | 0 / 6 |
| Dec 1, 1978 | F2 | 14 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 31, 1973 | F2 | 16 mi | 27.9 mi | 0 / 17 |
| Dec 10, 1969 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 9, 1968 | F2 | 21 mi | 29.6 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Jul 28, 1963 | F2 | 21 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 30, 1952 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 197, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in New Port Richey
The Storm Prediction Center has 45 hail reports within 10 miles of New Port Richey since 1961, made on 36 separate days. Of these, 18 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on February 28, 1998. The most recent report is from July 1, 2022. May has the most reports, 10.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in New Port Richey
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, FL, 9 miles southwest of New Port Richey at 6 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 76°F; January is the coolest, at 69°F and 51°F. August is the wettest at 9.7 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 1.9 inches; the year adds up to 54.4 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 70% of the year's precipitation (38.0 of 54.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 74 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (27); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 7.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 95 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 2 nights a year. That 54.4 inches is more than at 65 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (52%). Hudson, 8 miles north, has its own station (Brooksville Hernando Co Airport, FL): 52.1 inches a year, 2.3 less than here, and the same August average high, 91°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Clearwater Beach, FL, 21 miles southwest, averaged 90°F in July and 64°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to September. Sea level at the Clearwater Beach tide gauge, 21 miles from New Port Richey, has risen 1.72 ± 0.10 inches per decade from 1973 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 17.2 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 109 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 51 | 3.0 | 5 | 64 |
| Feb | 72 | 54 | 2.5 | 4 | 66 |
| Mar | 76 | 58 | 3.1 | 4 | 73 |
| Apr | 81 | 63 | 2.7 | 4 | 78 |
| May | 86 | 69 | 2.4 | 4 | 84 |
| Jun | 90 | 74 | 7.1 | 8 | 88 |
| Jul | 91 | 76 | 9.1 | 11 | 90 |
| Aug | 91 | 76 | 9.7 | 12 | 89 |
| Sep | 89 | 74 | 7.0 | 9 | 86 |
| Oct | 84 | 67 | 3.2 | 4 | 79 |
| Nov | 76 | 59 | 1.9 | 3 | 72 |
| Dec | 71 | 54 | 2.7 | 4 | 68 |
| Year | 81 | 64 | 54.4 | 72 | 78 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, FL (6 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Clearwater Beach, FL, 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 New Port Richey
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 113 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of New Port Richey: 75 thunderstorm wind reports, 16 heavy rain events, 11 floods and 11 lightning strikes. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $105.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 72 mph, on January 19, 2008.
June 24, 2012: flood 2 miles from the centre of New Port Richey — 1 killed, $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “The Anclote River at Elfers began to flood on the 24th due primarily to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby. 74 feet above flood stage, and then fell below flood stage on the 29th.”
August 7, 2013: lightning strike 10 miles from the centre of New Port Richey — 1 injured.
August 31, 2016: lightning strike 7 miles from the centre of New Port Richey — 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 New Port Richey's 3 ZIP codes have filed 4,425 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $298.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Helene in 2024: 1,931 claims (44% of all) and $255.3 million, then Blizzard of 1993 in 1993 with 829 and Hurricane Josephine in 1996 with 250. 88% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 340 Florida cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 318 have fewer than New Port Richey.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Helene2024 | 1,931 | $255.3 million |
| Blizzard of 19931993 | 829 | $14.9 million |
| Hurricane Josephine1996 | 250 | $2.8 million |
| Tropical Storm Debby2012 | 205 | $3.1 million |
| Hurricane Idalia2023 | 167 | $10.9 million |
| Hurricane Milton2024 | 106 | $2.0 million |
Pasco County, which includes New Port Richey, has been named in 44 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1968, 27 of them major disasters (by incident: 21 hurricanes, 6 severe storms, 5 tropical storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Hurricane Milton, on October 11, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Pasco County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively High for tornadoes, inland flooding and coastal flooding; Relatively Moderate for strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $199.3 million a year, the 14th highest of 67 Florida counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $77.7 million (39%), is from hurricanes.
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).
New Port Richey in the notable storm records: Hurricane Helene (2024)
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.