Hurricane Edna
Sep 5, 1954 to Sep 14, 1954Peak 127 mph943 mb
Hurricane Edna passed within 50 miles of 10 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Dare County, NC, as a Category 3 on September 11, 1954.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Hurricane Edna · 1954
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 943 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 10
- MA, ME, RI
- Counties within 100 miles
- 36
- CT, MA, ME, NC, NH, NY, RI
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Barnstable County | MA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Dukes County | MA | 11.8 | Category 2 |
| Plymouth County | MA | 14.4 | Category 2 |
| Nantucket County | MA | 24.9 | Category 2 |
| Bristol County | MA | 27.9 | Category 2 |
| Newport County | RI | 35.1 | Category 2 |
| Norfolk County | MA | 43.9 | Category 2 |
| Washington County | RI | 44.2 | Category 2 |
| Lincoln County | ME | 46.6 | Category 1 |
| Bristol County | RI | 47.4 | Category 2 |
| Essex County | MA | 50.8 | Category 2 |
| Kent County | RI | 52.6 | Category 2 |
| Providence County | RI | 52.7 | Category 2 |
| Suffolk County | MA | 53.4 | Category 2 |
| Suffolk County | NY | 55.4 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | MA | 60.5 | Category 2 |
| New London County | CT | 61.0 | Category 2 |
| Sagadahoc County | ME | 64.5 | Category 1 |
| Worcester County | MA | 65.4 | Category 2 |
| York County | ME | 66.8 | Category 2 |
| Rockingham County | NH | 67.1 | Category 2 |
| Windham County | CT | 67.6 | Category 2 |
| Cumberland County | ME | 71.1 | Category 1 |
| Dare County | NC | 71.2 | Category 3 |
| Kennebec County | ME | 75.7 | Category 1 |
| Strafford County | NH | 81.2 | Category 2 |
| Hyde County | NC | 82.3 | Category 3 |
| Hillsborough County | NH | 82.3 | Category 2 |
| Middlesex County | CT | 83.9 | Category 2 |
| Androscoggin County | ME | 85.1 | Category 1 |
| Tolland County | CT | 87.9 | Category 2 |
| New Haven County | CT | 92.0 | Category 2 |
| Carteret County | NC | 93.2 | Category 3 |
| Hartford County | CT | 95.3 | Category 2 |
| Hampden County | MA | 97.2 | Category 2 |
| Merrimack County | NH | 99.0 | Category 2 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.