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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Shelburne, VT

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

11 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Shelburne, Vermont since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 11 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
10

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
11

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Shelburne

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Shelburne, Vermont, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 515 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2856 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
1979DavidSep 651 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1151 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2954 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2215 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 5
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 35 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 4
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1971 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 1272 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 4
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2459 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 309 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s3
  • 1980s3
  • 1970s2
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Shelburne, Vermont
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 8, 1983F210 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1960F223 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jul 18, 2022EF121 mi0.92 mi0 / 0
Mar 26, 2021EF125 mi0.65 mi0 / 2
Jun 22, 1973F13 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 11, 1973F116 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1965F120 mi1 mi0 / 1
Oct 16, 1958F124 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Jul 18, 2022EF017 mi0.68 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1987F08 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 1986F019 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 11 of 11, 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 Shelburne 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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