List of New England hurricanes

A New England hurricane is a tropical cyclone originating in the Atlantic Ocean that affects the U.S. states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine.

Due to geography and climatology, the vast majority of tropical cyclone strikes to the New England region occur in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and eastern Massachusetts.

[3] The return period for hurricane and major landfalls along the coast of New England is highest in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and declines rapidly north toward Maine.

The coastal community of Napatree Point, Rhode Island was hit with a 20 - foot storm surge and the day after the cyclone was totally gone (34 killed).

A storm surge of 10-18 feet from Long Island Sound to Narragansett Bay, it is often considered to be the most intense hurricane to ever strike New England in modern times.

[8][9] A landfall in New England occurs only if the center of the storm comes ashore in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut as they all share a coastline.

A landfall is also distinct from a direct hit, in which the eyewall, or core of the highest winds, comes onshore, without the center of the storm moving ashore.

[80] The following tables are a list of all tropical cyclones that have made landfall in New England since records began in 1851: The 19th century saw a few notable storms.

Tracks of all tropical cyclones to strike New England from 1851 - 2024.
Hurricane Bob, the most recent tropical cyclone to make landfall in New England at hurricane strength on August 19, 1991
The estimated track and intensity of the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635
An artist's depiction of the 1815 New England hurricane in Providence, Rhode Island
Damage in coastal Rhode Island following the 1938 New England hurricane
The Edgewood Yacht Club in Rhode Island during Hurricane Carol in 1954
Hurricane Gloria approaching New England on September 27,1985.
Hurricane Bob approaching New England on August 19, 1991
Tropical Storm Hermine moving north towards New England on August 30, 2004.
Flooding in Bar Harbor, Maine , from the Northeast U.S. flooding of October 2005
Animation of Hurricane Noel undergoing extratropical transition one day prior to hitting New England
Hurricane Irene near its New York landfall. Irene was the deadliest hurricane to hit New England in more than half a century.
Tropical Storm Jose south of New England on September 19, 2017.
Snow produced from the remnants of Hurricane Zeta blanketing Eastern Massachusetts on October 30, 2020.