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Tropical storm landfalls in the United States
Tropical Storm Chantal making landfall in South Carolina on July 6, 2025.Tropical Storm Chantal making landfall in South Carolina on July 6, 2025

The continental United States has experienced 143 tropical storm landfalls since 1950.

Landfall occurs when the center of a tropical storm crosses the coastline. Many more tropical storms have brushed the coast without making landfall. Numerous tropical storms have made more than one landfall, particularly along stretches of coastline (such as southeastern Louisiana and southern Florida) where a storm can traverse lots of islands as it approaches the shore.

The Gulf Coast and Florida have taken the brunt of these landfalling storms. The East Coast is most vulnerable across South Carolina and North Carolina due to the general curving motion of storms as they move through the western Atlantic Ocean.

Despite having relatively weak winds compared to a hurricane, a tropical storm can pose serious hazards to communities in the path of the storm. Gusty winds can cause tree damage and power outages. Heavy rainfall can cause extensive and life-threatening flash flooding. Tornadoes are possible in the system's outer bands. Rip currents are a deadly hazard to beachgoers.

A storm's hazards don't stop at the point of landfall. Tropical storms can send damaging winds, flooding rains, and tornadoes hundreds of miles inland from where they cross the coastline. Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 is an infamous example—the storm's prolific rains unleashed historic flooding across parts of Texas.



The following list only includes systems that made direct landfall in the continental United States with tropical storm force winds.

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Date Time Lat Lon Max. Winds
(kts)		 Landfall
State		 Storm
1950s
10/21/1950 1100Z 29.7 83.4 50 FL Love
10/2/1951 1000Z 26.7 82.3 55 FL How
8/28/1952 0200Z 33.7 78.7 45 SC Unnamed
6/6/1953 1700Z 30.3 85.9 40 FL Alice
9/20/1953 1700Z 29 82.8 35 FL Unnamed
7/29/1954 1000Z 29.7 92.8 50 LA Barbara
8/1/1955 1700Z 29.7 89.4 55 LA Brenda
8/17/1955 1200Z 34 77.9 60 NC Diane
8/27/1955 0400Z 30 89.2 45 LA Unnamed
6/13/1956 1700Z 29.1 90.7 50 LA Unnamed
10/15/1956 2100Z 25.2 80.6 50 FL Unnamed
6/9/1957 0030Z 30.1 84.2 45 FL Unnamed
8/10/1957 0600Z 29.7 93.9 55 TX Bertha
9/8/1957 1700Z 30.3 86.1 35 FL Debbie
9/18/1957 1200Z 29.2 90.9 55 LA Esther
9/6/1958 0800Z 27.5 97.2 50 TX Ella
5/30/1959 2200Z 29.6 91.6 55 LA Arlene
6/18/1959 0800Z 28 82.8 40 FL Unnamed
7/11/1959 1200Z 41.7 70.7 50 MA Cindy
10/8/1959 1000Z 30.3 87.6 40 AL Irene
10/18/1959 1400Z 26.7 82.3 55 FL Judith
1960s
6/24/1960 0400Z 26.9 97.4 50 TX Unnamed
7/29/1960 0600Z 29.7 83.5 35 FL Brenda
7/29/1960 2100Z 33.9 78.2 60 NC Brenda
9/14/1961 1200Z 34.4N 77.6W 40 NC Unnamed
9/14/1961 2100Z 37.1N 76.0W 45 VA Unnamed
9/15/1961 0600Z 40.7N 73.2W 55 NY Unnamed
9/15/1961 0700Z 41.3N 72.7W 55 CT Unnamed
9/26/1961 0500Z 41.3N 70.3W 50 MA Esther
9/26/1961 0600Z 41.7N 70.2W 50 MA Esther
9/26/1961 1100Z 43.8N 69.9W 35 ME Esther
6/30/1962 2100Z 35.2N 75.8W 55 NC Unnamed
06/03/1963 0800Z 35.2N 75.8W 40 NC Unnamed
9/17/1963 1400Z 29.6N 94.3W 55 TX Cindy
8/7/1964 2030Z 28.8N 95.6W 60 TX Abby
8/29/1964 0400Z 31.2N 81.3W 50 GA Cleo
6/15/1965 1100Z 30.4N 86.9W 50 FL Unnamed
9/29/1965 2000Z 29.1N 90.2W 35 LA Debbie
10/18/1965 1500Z 29.4N 81.1W 55 FL Unnamed
7/1/1966 2200Z 22.9N 83.1W 40 FL Unnamed
6/18/1967 0200Z 33.9N 78.3W 35 NC Unnamed
9/17/1967 0000Z 36.5N 75.9W 50 NC Doria
6/4/1968 1200Z 26.7N 82.3W 55 FL Abby
6/6/1968 2200Z 30.4N 81.4W 55 FL Abby
6/23/1968 2230Z 27.8N 97.1W 60 TX Candy
9/11/1968 1000Z 40.6N 73.3W 55 NY Unnamed
09/10/1969 0100Z 44.7N 67.3W 60 ME Gerda
10/1/1969 1600Z 30.4N 86.8W 40 FL Unnamed
10/2/1969 2100Z 26.1N 81.8W 40 FL Jenny
10/15/1969 1200Z 32.7N 73.5W 45 NC Kara
(Data missing between 1969 and 1990.)
1990s
8/20/1991 0130Z 44.1 69.1 60 ME Bob
9/25/1992 2200Z 37.8 75.5 55 VA Danielle
6/20/1993 0900Z 27.1 97.4 35 TX Arlene
7/3/1994 1500Z 30.4 86.5 55 FL Alberto
8/16/1994 0000Z 30 85.6 50 FL Beryl
11/15/1994 1300Z 24.6 81.7 45 FL Gordon
11/16/1994 1300Z 26.5 81.9 45 FL Gordon
6/5/1995 1400Z 29.9 84.4 60 FL Allison
6/5/1995 1500Z 30.1 84.2 55 FL Allison
7/31/1995 0200Z 29.2 95.3 40 TX Dean
8/23/1995 1800Z 27 80.2 35 FL Jerry
6/20/1996 0000Z 34.7 76.4 35 NC Arthur
10/8/1996 0330Z 30 83.9 60 FL Josephine
8/22/1998 1000Z 27.8 97.1 40 TX Charley
9/11/1998 0600Z 28.2 96.9 45 TX Frances
9/20/1998 0500Z 29.1 90.9 35 LA Hermine
11/5/1998 1100Z 26.2 81.9 55 FL Mitch
9/4/1999 2100Z 34.8 76.5 60 NC Dennis
9/21/1999 1700Z 25.9 81.7 50 FL Harvey
2000s
9/18/2000 0300Z 29.3 83.2 55 FL Gordon
9/22/2000 1200Z 30.5 86.6 35 FL Helene
6/5/2001 2100Z 28.9 95.3 45 TX Allison
8/6/2001 0500Z 30.4 86.3 60 FL Barry
9/14/2001 1200Z 27.1 82.6 60 FL Gabrielle
8/5/2002 0200Z 29.4 89.3 35 LA Bertha
9/3/2002 0045Z 29.4 81.1 35 FL Edouard
9/7/2002 0900Z 28.5 96.3 50 TX Fay
9/14/2002 0800Z 29.1 89.1 50 LA Hanna
9/14/2002 1500Z 30.4 88.4 50 MS/AL Hanna
9/26/2002 0600Z 29.1 90.3 55 LA Isidore
10/11/2002 1700Z 33 79.5 35 SC Kyle
10/11/2002 2200Z 33.9 78.4 35 NC Kyle
6/30/2003 1900Z 29.3 91 50 LA Bill
8/31/2003 1100Z 29 95.1 35 TX Grace
8/12/2004 1400Z 29.6 85.1 40 FL Bonnie
9/6/2004 1800Z 30.1 84 50 FL Frances
8/31/2004 0600Z 41.5 70.9 35 MA Hermine
10/10/2004 1100Z 29.2 91 35 LA Matthew
6/11/2005 1900Z 30.3 87.5 50 FL Arlene
7/6/2005 0900Z 30.2 89.5 45 MS Cindy
10/5/2005 2300Z 30.4 81.4 45 FL Tammy
6/13/2006 1630Z 29.9 83.7 40 FL Alberto
7/21/2006 0645Z 41.3 70.1 45 MA Beryl
8/30/2006 0300Z 24.9 80.6 40 FL Ernesto
8/30/2006 0500Z 25.2 80.7 40 FL Ernesto
9/1/2006 0340Z 33.9 78.1 60 NC Ernesto
9/9/2007 1530Z 34.8 76.4 50 NC Gabrielle
8/5/2008 1200Z 29.6 94.2 55 TX Edouard
8/18/2008 2030Z 24.5 81.8 50 FL Fay
8/19/2008 0845Z 25.9 81.6 55 FL Fay
8/21/2008 1900Z 29.3 81.1 55 FL Fay
8/23/2008 0615Z 29.8 84.7 45 FL Fay
9/6/2008 0720Z 33.8 78.7 60 NC/SC Hanna
8/17/2009 0530Z 30.4 86.5 40 FL Claudette
2010s
7/23/2010 1430Z 25.4 80.2 35 FL Bonnie
8/28/2011 0935Z 39.4 74.4 60 NJ Irene
8/28/2011 1300Z 40.6 74 55 NY Irene
9/4/2011 1030Z 29.6 92.1 40 LA Lee
5/28/2012 0410Z 30.2 81.4 55 FL Beryl
6/26/2012 2100Z 29.3 83.2 35 FL Debby
6/6/2013 2200Z 29.5 83.4 50 FL Andrea
5/10/2015 1000Z 33.8 78.8 40 SC Ana
6/16/2015 1645Z 28.2 96.7 50 TX Bill
6/7/2016 0200Z 29.8 83.6 45 FL Colin
9/13/2016 1300Z 29 81.2 30 FL Julia
6/22/2017 0700Z 29.8 93.7 45 LA Cindy
7/31/2017 1445Z 27.4 82.7 50 FL Emily
8/30/2017 0800Z 29.8 93.5 40 LA Harvey
5/28/2018 2100Z 30.5 86 40 FL Alberto
9/3/2018 1115Z 25 80.5 45 FL Gordon
9/3/2018 1315Z 25.2 80.9 45 FL Gordon
9/17/2019 1745Z 28.9 95.4 40 TX Imelda
2020s
5/27/2020 1330Z 32.9 79.7 45 SC Bertha
6/7/2020 2200Z 29.3 89.8 45 LA Cristobal
7/10/2020 2000Z 39.4 74.4 45 NJ Fay
9/22/2020 0245Z 28.4 96.4 45 TX Beta
11/9/2020 0400Z 24.9 80.7 55 FL Eta
11/12/2020 0920Z 29.2 82.9 45 FL Eta
6/19/2021 0430Z 29.2 91 40 LA Claudette
6/28/2021 2320Z 32.3 80.5 35 SC Danny
7/7/2021 1430Z 29.8 83.5 55 FL Elsa
7/9/2021 1500Z 40.9 72.3 50 NY Elsa
7/9/2021 1630Z 41.4 71.7 50 RI Elsa
8/16/2021 1900Z 29.7 85.4 55 FL Fred
8/22/2021 1520Z 41.2 71.6 55 RI Henri
8/22/2021 1615Z 41.3 71.8 55 RI Henri
9/9/2021 0115Z 29.7 85.1 50 FL Mindy
7/1/2022 2330Z 32.3 80.5 35 SC Colin
11/10/2022 0745Z 27.6 80.3 60 FL Nicole
11/10/2022 1900Z 29.2 83 40 FL Nicole
11/11/2022 0000Z 30.1 84 35 FL Nicole
8/22/2023 1500Z 27.1 97.4 50 TX Harold
9/23/2023 1015Z 34.7 77.1 60 NC Ophelia

INFO SOURCES: NOAA/NHC | IBTrACS | AOML/HRD





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