Storms that have visited Europe

[HurricaneBill]

Most hurricanes or tropical storms that make it to Europe usually do so in the form of extratropical systems.

Sometimes, they are very powerful, retaining hurricane-force winds.

Here are tropical systems that have made it to Europe since 1950. (I'm going to also include Iceland)

1950: Hurricane Dog (Ireland as a 50KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane George (Iceland as a 40KT extratropical storm)

1952: Hurricane Baker (Greenland as a 45KT extratropical storm)

1953: Hurricane Carol (Greenland as a 45KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Dolly (Portugal as a 25KT extratropical depression)

1957: Hurricane Carrie (Azores as a Category 1 hurricane; Ireland as a 50KT extratropical storm)

1958: Hurricane Helene (Ireland as a 35KT extratropical storm)

1959: Hurricane Flora (Azores as a 65KT extratropical hurricane)
Hurricane Hannah (Azores as a Category 2 hurricane)

1961: Hurricane Debbie (Azores as a Category 1 hurricane; Ireland as a Category 1 hurricane)

1965: Hurricane Anna (Ireland as a 65KT extratropical hurricane)

1966: Hurricane Faith (Norway as a 40KT extratropical storm)

1967: Hurricane Chloe (France as a 35KT extratropical storm)

1973: Hurricane Fran (France as a 65KT extratropical hurricane)
Tropical Storm Gilda (Greenland as a 30KT extratropical depression)

1976: Tropical Storm Anna (Azores as a tropical depression)
Hurricane Emmy (Azores as a Category 1 hurricane)
Hurricane Frances (Azores as a 55KT extratropical storm)

1978: Tropical Storm Hope (Iceland as a 45KT extratropical storm)

1981: Hurricane Irene (Spain as a 45KT extratropical storm)

1986: Hurricane Charley (Ireland as a 35KT extratropical storm; Norway as a 15KT extratropical depression)

1987: Hurricane Arlene (Portugal as a 15KT extratropical depression)

1989: Hurricane Hugo (Greenland as a 40KT extratropical storm)

1991: Hurricane Bob (Portugal as a 10KT extratropical depression)

1992: Hurricane Bonnie (Azores as a tropical storm)
Hurricane Charley (Azores as a tropical storm; Ireland as a 45KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Frances (Spain as a 30KT extratropical depression)

1993: Hurricane Floyd (France as a 70KT extratropical hurricane)

1995: Hurricane Allison (Greenland as a 35KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Iris (UK as a 65KT extratropical hurricane)
Hurricane Luis (Greenland as a 50KT extratropical storm)

1996: Hurricane Bertha (Greenland as a 40KT extratropical storm)
Tropical Storm Josephine (Iceland as a 40KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Lili (Ireland as a 55KT extratropical storm)

1998: Hurricane Danielle (North Ireland as a 30KT extratropical depression)
Hurricane Ivan (Azores as a Category 1 hurricane; Portugal as a 40KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Jeanne (Portugal as a 35KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Karl (UK as a 35KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Mitch (North Ireland as a 55KT extratropical storm)

2000: Hurricane Alberto (Iceland as a 35KT extratropical storm)
Hurricane Isaac (Ireland as a 55KT extratropical storm)
Tropical Storm Leslie (Ireland as a 60KT extratropical storm)

2001: Hurricane Erin (Greenland as a 55KT extratropical storm)

2003: Hurricane Kate (Iceland as a 55KT extratropical storm)

[senorpepr]

Also, the remnants of Kyle passed through Europe in 2002 after a lengthy time as a hurricane/tropical storm in the Atlantic. At that time, I was a forecaster in Germany. We had 50-60kt winds with periods of heavy rainshowers for 24-36 hours. Military bases in the UK had quite a bit of damage from the wind.

[P.K.]

Would that have been the 27th of October?

My data for that day shows:

Max: 14.1C
Min: 9.7C
PPN: 2mm
Pressure: 1007hPa at 1pm GMT - However 24 hour later it had increased to 1029hPa
Wind: 40mph W-SW gusting to 60mph
General description: A very windy day with sunny intervals

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive/2002/brack/bracka20021027.gif

[coriolis]

Are you sure that Ivan didn't reform somewhere and hit Europe last year?

[P.K.]

Ivan is currently over Wales.

[James]

All predictions indicate it will head towards Blackpool.

[EDR1222]

I was wondering about the long lived Hurricane Felix in 1995.
I remember it moved slowly toward the outer banks of N.C. before stalling out then heading NE and doing a loop before heading NE out to sea.

Didn't it eventually affect Great Britain as an extra-tropical system? I could be wrong, but I seem to recall reading something about bad weather over there as the result of Felix.