Hurricanes that hit Delaware County, New York: hurricane history

8 storms have passed within 50 km of Delaware County from 1863 to 2021, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Delaware County

The record holds 8 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Delaware County, New York between 1863 and 2021. The busiest month is August, with 3 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 1 strength.

  • 8storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 1at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Delaware County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression225%
Tropical storm563%
Category 1113%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Delaware County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 2 in 1870s.1860s11870s21940s11970s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1863, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1860s1
1870s2
1940s1
1970s2
2020s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun1Jul0Aug3Sep3Oct1Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul0
Aug3
Sep3
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Delaware County

  • Unnamed storm of October 1878 (North Atlantic)13 October 1878 to 25 October 1878, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 963 hPa
  • Isaias (2020)28 July 2020 to 5 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 986 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1863 (North Atlantic)11 September 1863 to 20 September 1863, peak Tropical storm (60 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1949 (North Atlantic)23 August 1949 to 1 September 1949, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 954 hPa
  • Agnes (1972)14 June 1972 to 23 June 1972, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 977 hPa

Most recent storms near Delaware County

  • Henri (2021)15 August 2021 to 24 August 2021, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 986 hPa
  • Isaias (2020)28 July 2020 to 5 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 986 hPa
  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

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