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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit New Rochelle, NY

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

45 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of New Rochelle, New York since 1851, 7 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 42 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
7

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
38

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
42

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near New Rochelle

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of New Rochelle, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 239 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 955 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 461 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1156 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 856 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 283 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 722 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1725 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1310 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2730 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2458 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1029 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 226 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 284 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1130 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1534 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1248 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3016 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1922 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 136 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1567 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 5
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2146 miCategory 3 (119 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 941 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1930 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 305 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1750 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 416 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1557 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1652 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1426 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 155 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2452 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1047 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2949 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 242 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1133 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2228 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2447 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 551 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 299 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2617 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3014 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1917 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 365 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2813 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 New Rochelle: 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 New Rochelle

By decade

  • 2020s3
  • 2010s11
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s5
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s13
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near New Rochelle, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 8, 2007EF221 mi5.87 mi0 / 9
Jul 12, 2006F211 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Sep 7, 1998F219 mi0.2 mi0 / 6
Sep 18, 1973F224 mi1.9 mi0 / 0
Jul 19, 1971F222 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 27, 1970F221 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 15, 1970F27 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 1962F215 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1956F219 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 2010EF18 mi4 mi1 / 1
Oct 2, 2018EF124 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF121 mi3.76 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 42, 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 New Rochelle 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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