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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Walton, NY

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

12 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Walton, New York since 1851, 1 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 20 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
1

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
11

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
20

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Walton

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Walton, New York, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 440 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
1979DavidSep 66 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1972AgnesJun 2347 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2916 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 2456 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 38 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1759 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 152 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2962 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2326 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1856 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 3
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3071 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s5
  • 2010s4
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s6(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Walton, New York
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 31, 1998F324 mi5 mi0 / 3
May 31, 1998F37 mi62 mi0 / 12
Apr 22, 2023EF220 mi9.95 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 2023EF120 mi1.96 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 2023EF122 mi1.41 mi0 / 0
Sep 25, 2022EF12 mi2.29 mi0 / 0
Sep 2, 2014EF111 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 2011EF121 mi4.84 mi0 / 0
May 24, 2004F114 mi6 mi0 / 0
May 31, 2002F122 mi1.5 mi0 / 1
Jun 26, 1998F14 mi3.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 1990F119 mi0.7 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 20, 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 Walton 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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