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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodstock, VT

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

20 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Woodstock, Vermont since 1851, 2 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
2

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
18

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
11

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Woodstock

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Woodstock, Vermont, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 436 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 285 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2747 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 4
1979DavidSep 612 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1976BelleAug 1072 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 2827 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 117 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3166 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1954CarolAug 3161 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 297 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2232 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 960 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 354 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1923Unnamed 1923 stormOct 1952 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 121 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1074 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2935 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 243 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2457 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3036 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 1990s1
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s5
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Woodstock, Vermont
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 11, 1966F223 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1962F223 mi7.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1962F218 mi7.6 mi0 / 0
Oct 24, 1955F218 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 2024EF123 mi1.8 mi0 / 0
May 16, 2022EF121 mi4.8 mi0 / 0
Aug 13, 1999F111 mi8 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1972F119 mi7 mi0 / 0
Jul 18, 1963F124 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 1962F018 mi1 mi0 / 0
Oct 24, 1955F025 mi14.6 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 Woodstock 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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