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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Salt Point, NY

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

30 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Salt Point, New York since 1851, 4 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 40 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
4

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
26

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
40

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Salt Point

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Salt Point, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 434 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2817 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 767 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1759 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1353 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2747 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1979DavidSep 673 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1976BelleAug 1047 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2236 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2824 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1144 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1566 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3050 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1952AbleSep 110 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2952 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2143 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 957 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 366 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3019 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 433 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 120 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 296 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2416 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2229 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2340 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 3047 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2665 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 303 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 198 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2845 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1

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

By decade

  • 2020s9
  • 2010s5
  • 2000s9
  • 1990s4
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s6
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Salt Point, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 15, 2018EF222 mi1.18 mi0 / 0
May 18, 2000F210 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 10, 1989F223 mi10 mi0 / 4
Jul 29, 1971F225 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
May 12, 1959F224 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1951F223 mi43.9 mi0 / 9
Jul 13, 2022EF116 mi0.52 mi0 / 0
Nov 12, 2021EF17 mi2.44 mi0 / 0
Apr 21, 2021EF112 mi0.64 mi0 / 0
Aug 2, 2020EF123 mi1.7 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF124 mi2.92 mi0 / 0
May 15, 2018EF120 mi4.26 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 40, 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 Salt Point 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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