List of New England hurricanes
20th century
The 20th century saw eight hurricanes making landfall in New England; out of these the more notable include the New England Hurricane of 1938 (also called the Long Island Express), which made landfall as a major hurricane; Hurricane Carol did the same sixteen years later.

List of New England hurricanes

Section Title: 20th century
Table Section Text: The 20th century saw eight hurricanes making landfall in New England; out of these the more notable include the New England Hurricane of 1938 (also called the Long Island Express), which made landfall as a major hurricane; Hurricane Carol did the same sixteen years later.

Name	Category	Season	Date of landfall

Peak intensity	Intensity at landfall

Unnamed	Category 1	Tropical storm	1908	May 30, 1908

Unnamed	Category 2	Tropical storm	1916	July 21, 1916

Unnamed	Tropical storm	Tropical storm	1923	October 19, 1923

Unnamed	Category 2	Tropical storm	1934	September 9, 1934

"New England"	Category 5	Category 3	1938	September 21, 1938

"Great Atlantic"	Category 4	Category 1	1944	September 15, 1944

Carol	Category 3	Category 3	1954	August 31, 1954

Edna	Category 3	Category 2	1954	September 11, 1954

Cindy	Category 1	Tropical storm	1959	July 11, 1959

Brenda	Tropical storm	Tropical storm	1960	July 30, 1960

Donna	Category 4	Category 1	1960	September 12, 1960

Unnamed	Tropical storm	Tropical storm	1961	September 15, 1961

Esther	Category 4	Tropical storm	1961	September 26, 1961

Gerda	Category 3	Category 2	1969	September 10, 1969

Heidi	Tropical storm	Tropical storm	1971	September 14, 1971

Belle	Category 3	Tropical storm	1976	August 10, 1976

Gloria	Category 4	Category 1	1985	September 27, 1985

Bob	Category 3	Category 2	1991	August 19, 1991

Bertha	Category 3	Tropical storm	1996	July 13, 1996

Floyd	Category 4	Tropical storm	1999	September 16–17, 1999

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In the List of New England hurricanes, on September 26, 1961 – Hurricane Esther was a tropical storm.

final_sentence: In the List of New England hurricanes, on September 26, 1961 – Hurricane Esther was a tropical storm.