New England

[HurricaneBill]

I know most people are focused on Florida, but isn't New England getting overdue for a hurricane? It has been almost 13 years since Hurricane Bob.

I'm concerned that New England might be feeling a sense of complacency because of this.

Here's a list of hurricanes that have either struck or moved offshore of New England since 1950. I've decided to include Long Island in this:

1950: Hurricane Able (Category 4) moved offshore as a Category 2

1950: Hurricane Dog (Category 5) moved offshore as a Category 1

1953: Hurricane Barbara (Category 2) moved offshore as a Category 1

1953: Hurricane Carol (Category 4) made landfall in Maine as a Category 1

1954: Hurricane Carol (Category 2) made landfall as a Category 2 (some say Category 3)

1954: Hurricane Edna (Category 3) made landfall on Cape Cod as a Category 3

1958: Hurricane Daisy (Category 3) moved offshore as a Category 3

1960: Hurricane Donna (Category 5) made landfall as a Category 3 (Long Island only; Category 2 elsewhere)

1961: Hurricane Esther (Category 4) offshore as a Category 3 (Long Island and Rhode Island experienced hurricane conditions from Esther)

1961: Hurricane Frances (Category 3) offshore as a Category 1

1962: Hurricane Alma (Category 2) offshore as a Category 2

1962: Hurricane Daisy (Category 2) offshore as a Category 1

1963: Hurricane Ginny (Category 2) struck to the east of Maine as a Category 2

1969: Hurricane Gerda (Category 3) Made landfall on Maine as a Category 2

1976: Hurricane Belle (Category 3) Made landfall as a Category 1

1985: Hurricane Gloria (Category 4) Made landfall as a Category 3 (Briefly on Long Island only; Category 1-2 elsewhere)

1991: Hurricane Bob (Category 3) Made landfall as a Category 2

1996: Hurricane Edouard (Category 4) moved offshore as a Category 1

[HurricaneBill]

No hurricane has ever moved NW into New England. Only 1 tropical storm (1923) has ever done it. Although an 1896 hurricane did make a slight NNW jog into Maine.

I'm curious, is it meteorologically impossible? Or could a "Lenny" happen? It'd probably be a Category 1 if it happened.

[weatherluvr]

The 1821 hurricane is the only one I have heard of that made landfall moving NW (or at least NNW) into the northeast. It passed directly over NYC.

The '38 hurricane was moving just west of due north when it hit Long Island, and turned NW after it moved farther inland.