Connecticut Hurricane History

Of Connecticut's 9 counties, 9 have recorded at least 10 tropical cyclones within 50 miles since 1851 — 249 passes in all. The most exposed is Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region with 31.

counties published

249

Storm passes

At hurricane strength

Most in one county

Every track near Connecticut

TS / TDCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Every HURDAT2 track crossing this window since 1851, coloured by the strongest category the storm reached anywhere within 50 miles of a published county. Hairlines are a five-degree graticule.

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C G L N S W

All published counties, A–Z

County	Storms	Hurricanes	Most recent
C
Capitol Planning Region	28	7	Henri (2021)
G
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	29	5	Elsa (2021)
L
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	31	9	Elsa (2021)
N
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	25	5	Irene (2011)
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	28	7	Elsa (2021)
Northwest Hills Planning Region	20	3	Henri (2021)
S
South Central Connecticut Planning Region	31	8	Elsa (2021)
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	31	9	Henri (2021)
W
Western Connecticut Planning Region	26	5	Fay (2020)

About this data. Computed from NOAA HURDAT2, 1851–2025. Tracks are interpolated to one-hour steps before distances are measured. Counties with fewer than 10 recorded storms are not published — see Methodology.