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A hurricane is defined by having sustained winds of atleast. 74-mph Only two real hurricanes have hit Western Massachusetts in the past. Most of the hurricanes that have affected Western Massachusetts weakend to tropical storms by the time it reached us. The only known hurricanes to bring sustained winds of hurricane force in Western Massachusetts are that of the Great New England of 1938, which brought winds of 100-mph to Hampden and Hampshire county, and The Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 which brought sustained winds of 75-mph with gusts to 90-95-mph to Hamden County, near the Springfield Area. Both hurricanes brought widespread tree and structural damage. Any other tropical systems to affect our area only brought tropical storm force winds, with hurricane force winds only brought in gusts. Some damaging tropical storms in Western Massachusetts were Hurricane Gloria of 1985 and Hurricane Bob of 1991, which brought winds of around 60-mph, which caused extensive tree and utility pole damage. Hurricanes Bob was a category 2 hurricane, but hit southeastern Massachusetts, resulting in tropical storm force winds felt in Western Massachusetts. Those were really the only hurricanes to bring hurricane force or near hurricane force winds. Other systems that have affected our area were only notable for rainfall. Overall, i would say that the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was the most significant hurricane in Western Massachusetts.

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