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OK, it's not florida, but then again, they don't get Nor'easters! The following from:http://home.maine.rr.com/mailhot/netrop.html

METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS OF STORMS LISTED IN NEW ENGLAND HURRICANE CLIMATOLOGY
(List compiled by Ludlum and Mailhot)
1...New England Hurricane September 21, 1938. Benchmark of New England storms, and starting point for this tropical climatology. Highest sustained wind 121 MPH, Blue Hill Observatory, MA, with a gust to 186 MPH. Great damage with total over 400 million and over 600 people killed. Maine damage $135,000 and only state not to record fatalities. Bellport, Long Island. NY records lowest barometric pressure ever in Northeast, 946.2 MB...27.94 IN. Lowest New England Pressure 949.5 MB...28.04 IN at Hartford, CT. Center landfalls at high tide in late afternoon creating massive flooding and storm surge. Downtown Providence, RI under almost 14 feet of water from record storm surge. Storm track across Long Island then up Connecticut River to Vermont early in evening. Extensive interior forest damage. Burtlington,VT lowest pressure 971.2 MB...28.68 IN. Forward motion of storm during passage over New England in excess of 50 MPH. Boston's Logan Airport records five minute sustained wind of 73 MPH with gust to 87 MPH, well east of storm center. Winds gusts in excess of 100 MPH lash central and southern New England coastline. Damage in Maine is significant but light compared to the other New England States. Also, Maine is the only State not to suffer fatalities.

2...Great Atlantic Hurricane September 15, 1944. Swept up East Coast and over Southeastern New England . Forward motion of storm again in excess of 40 mph. Lowest New England pressure 959.7 MB...28.34 IN. Twenty-six deaths in New England. Repeat of heavy damage with total over $100 million. Landfall on eastern Long Island and then tracks into southern New England across northwestern Rhode Island then just north of Boston and into Gulf of Maine. Moderate damage and precip in Maine as the center passes to the east in the Gulf of Maine.

3...Hurricane Dog September 12, 1950. (Weather Bureau used phonetic alphabet 1950- 1952). Center passed offshore Cape Cod. Nantucket winds 72 MPH, 4.42 inches of rain in 24 hours. High tides and surf along southern New England coastline. Damage over $2 million. Northeast track offshore Cape Cod. Strongest hurricane of 1950 season while south of New England. No effect on Maine.

4...Unnamed Tropical Storm February 04, 1952. Little known about this storm except became rapidly extratropical off Atlantic Coast. More like a typical "northeaster" here in New England. An unusually early season storm, it should not really be included as a risk factor at this time of the year, as there have been many more powerful winter storms that have affected this region, including February 1969, the Groundhog Day Storm of 1976, February, 1978, January 1987, and the March 1993 Superstorm. This storm was included as it did affect New England and was of tropical origin.

5...Hurricane Carol September 07, 1953. Moved through Bay of Fundy with minor wind damage in Washington County, Maine (Eastport area).

6...Hurricane Carol August 31, 1954. First of three devasating hurricanes of 1954. Accelerated with great rapidity along East Coast overnight landfalling on central Long Island mid-morning of 31st, then into central New England and Canada. Lowest New England pressure 974.3 MB...28.77 IN. Gusts to 130 MPH on Block Island. Winds 105 MPH in Providence with tide just shy of 1938 record. Extensive forest damage with 50 deaths and damage $438 million. Again, rapid forward storm motion...over 40 MPH. Languished for several days off southeast U. S. coast before great acceleration overnight 31st. New England caught unprepared. Flooding rainfall in all of New England. Winds 69 MPH in Portland, Maine with damage in Maine in the millions.

7...Hurricane Edna September 11,1954. Second hurricane in eleven days, again devasting. Very wet hurricane with precip over 7 inches at Portland, Maine. Center crosses Martha Vineyard into Gulf of Maine. Huge marine losses along coast. Twenty-nine deaths with damage $40.5 million in New England. This storm was responsible for destroying the apple crop about to be harvested in northern Maine. Significant flooding in northern New England from the heavy rainfall. Maine damage again in the millions.

8...Hurricane Hazel October 15, 1954. Accelerated to over 50 mph as it moved from Carolinas to Toronto in a little over 10 hours. Caused great flooding in Toronto. Highest winds reported in Vermont with Burlington gusting over 70 MPH. Tree losses in western New England. One death, $350,000 damage. Significant in western New England and New York State. Not significant in Maine.

9...Hurricanes Connie and Diane August 1955, had little effect on Maine. Heavy rainfall caused significant flooding damage in southern New England, however. Rainfall totals in southern New England were over 20 inches from Diane falling on a saturated watershed from Connie a week earlier. Southern New England totals...82 deaths, $800 million damage. As a result of the 1954 and 1955 hurricane seasons, the National Hurricane Research Project is started in 1956, attempting to investigate the inner workings and forecasting of tropical cyclones. The first Director of NHRP is Dr. Robert H. Simpson, NHC Director from 1968 to 1973. No direct effect on Maine.

10...Hurricane Daisy August 29, 1958. No effect on Maine. Minor damage to southeastern New England as storm center passed 75 miles southeast of Nantucket. Produced moderate rainfall in southeast New England. No direct effect on Maine.

11...Tropical Storm Brenda July 30, 1960. Weak tropical storm developed developed in eastern Gulf of Mexico and moved northeastward along Atlantic Seaboard crossing the Carolinas and into interior New England. Highest wind gust reported 65 MPH at Cape Cod Canal, east of storm center. Beneficial rains fell all along Atlantic Coast from Florida to Maine. No damage from storm although gale force winds occurred in New England. No problems from Brenda in Maine.

12...Hurricane Donna September 12, 1960. Precip 2.44 in. with wind gusts to 62 MPH at Portland. Significant damage in all areas of New England. First hurricane of record to cause hurricane force winds in Florida, Middle Atlantic States and New England. New Haven lowest pressure 966.8 MB...28.55 IN. Winds 95 MPH at Block Island. Three deaths in New England. Many pleasure craft sunk along New England coast. Forward motion of storm 35-40 MPH. Damage in Maine again in the millions with many uprooted trees and pleasure craft sunk along the Maine coast.

13...Hurricane Esther September 21-25, 1961. Total precip from both tropical and non-tropical portion of storm 3.56 in.at Portland. Classical storm track up East Coast threatens New England 23 years to the day of 1938 Hurricane (21st) Did unusual loop-de-loop southeast of Cape Cod and moved northward into Maine as extratropical system. Precip southern New England 7 to 8 inches total. Wind gusts in southern New England over 80 MPH with significant rainfall during tropical portion of storm on 20th-21st. Strong hurricane slowed forward motion approaching New England, weakened and curved eastward averting another potential major hurricane disaster. Lowest pressure while out in central Atlantic 930 MB...27.47 IN. Precip only from the extratropical portion of this storm in Maine about 2 inches.

14...Hurricane Frances/Tropical Storm Gerda October 1961. No effects in Southern Maine. Fringe gales in Eastern Maine (Washington County) from Frances. Gerda moves southeast of Cape Cod causing wind gusts over gale force offshore. Two "Texas Towers" off Cape Cod reported winds gusting over hurricane force. Gusty winds in Maine along with some precip, otherwise no problems.

15...Hurricane Alma August 29, 1962. Minor precip and wind. Minor damage in southern New England. Wind gusts to near 40 MPH in southern New England as center moves 50 miles SE of Nantucket. Strongest section of hurricane remains offshore. Short period of heavy rains otherwise no problems with Alma in Maine.

16...Hurricane Daisy/Northeaster October 6-7, 1962. Total 48 hour precip 9.52 in. at Portland. Set record for 24 hours precip of 7.71 inches not broken until Hurricane Bob in 1991. Wind gusts to 35 MPH at Portland. Excessive rain in southern New England, Wakefield, MA total 14.25 IN. Heavy swells, surf cause marine losses and rainfall causes significant flooding throughout all of New England. Daisy follows directly on the heels of a "Northeaster", the combined storm causing significant damage. Significant flooding and damage along Maine coast with this one-two combo storm. Damage in the millions along New England.

17...Hurricane Ginny October 29, 1963. Precip 1.24 IN. with wind gust N 45 MPH at Portland. Wind gusts to 100 MPH at Rockland, ME, and 75 MPH at Eastport. Famous snow hurricane. Cold air on western portion of storm circulation causes snowfall of 6 to 18 inches in western Maine Mountains. Nantucket winds 65 MPH. Gusts to 100 MPH in Gulf of Maine offshore. Significant storm in Nova Scotia. Maine damage over $ 300,000.

18...Hurricanes Dora and Gladys September 1964. Dora, on the 14th, and Gladys on 24th caused moderate to heavy precipitation in central and southern New England. Wind gusts to over 40 MPH on Cape Cod. Hurricane Dora, a major Cape Verde storm causes major damage in Florida earlier in the month. These two storms helped to ease drought conditions which had prevailed in the Northeast for several years. No direct effect in Maine.

19...Hurricane Alma June 13, 1966. Early season storm strikes Florida and moves up United States East Coast. Loses tropical features just south of New England but drops light to moderate amounts of precipitation. Again, this storm provided beneficial rainfall easing dought conditions.

20...Hurricane Gerda September 9, 1969. Precip 3.12 IN. with wind gust N 25 MPH at Portland.. Minor damage at landfall in Washington County. Center passes directly over Nantucket Light ship with gusts to 140 MPH. Bangor, ME precip 4.68 IN. Central pressure 979 MB...28.91 IN at Nantucket Light Ship. Probably most important "near miss" for New England, as storm veers more northeast at last minute before crossing Cape Cod.

21...Tropical Storm Doria August 28, 1971. Precip and wind minor in northern New England. Storm inland at closest approach to Portland. Wind gusts at Blue Hill Observatory, MA to 80 MPH. Very heavy rains and flooding west of storm track which was on a Litchfield-Keene-Caribou track. Heavy rains with gusty winds in Maine with minor damage only.

22...Tropical Storm Heidi September 14, 1971. Precip 1.19 in. at Portland. Wind minor at landfall on central Maine Coast, but over 50 MPH while in Gulf of Maine. Moderate precip and little damage.

23...Tropical Storm Carrie September 3-4, 1972. Labor Day weekend storm becomes strong Northeaster and affects New England. Precip 2.90 in. with wind gust NE 33 mph at Portland. Hurricane force wind gusts in southern New England. Edgartown MA almost 8 inches of rain in 24 hours. Wind gusts to 80 MPH Point Judith, RI. Heavy precip coastal areas of eastern New England. Landfalls on eastern Maine coast. Damage in MA estimated over $1.20 million. Heavy rains in northern New England with minor damage along the Maine coast.

24...Hurricane Blanche July 27, 1975. 90 mph hurricane passed midway between Bermuda and Cape Cod but still caused gale force winds just offshore New England. This storm required Gale Warnings for the New England coast. Minor effects along New England coast mostly from high swells and rough seas. Most of the heavy weather occurred offshore east of the center. Strong storm at landfall in Nova Scotia. No direct affect in Maine.

25...Hurricane Belle August 9-10, 1976. Two day rainfall total 2.60 in in Portland. Winds minor. Minor to moderate damage in southern New England. Heavy rainfall in central New England causes some flooding. Landfall near Jones Beach, Long Island, NY. Pressure 980 MB...28.96 IN. Storm track through central New England. Heavy precip and flooding west of storm center. Flooding in St. John Valley in northern Maine, but other than heavy rains, no significant damage.

26...Tropical Storm David September 6, 1979. Minor effects. Storm system well inland and weakening over New England. Winds gusting to 45 MPH along coastal section with light to moderate precipitation. Gusty winds and periods of heavy rain but othewise no major damage reported in Maine.

27...Hurricane Gloria September 27, 1985. Precip .41 in. at Portland. Very dry storm east of center as most precip fell west of storm center. Wind gust 51 MPH at Portland. Gusts to 80 MPH southern New England. Significant hurricane in New England and first major storm to affect entire region since Donna 1960. Total storm damage in Carolinas and New England near 1 billion dollars. Significant damage from wind in Maine, but little water damage. Gloria arrived at low tide with a storm surge of about one foot. Minor coastal flooding.

28...Tropical Storm Henri September 25, 1985. Formed east of Florida and moved due north offshore the East Coast. Landfalled over extreme eastern Long Island and on the Rhode Island coast as a very weak Tropical Storm with minor effects a mere forty-eight hours before the arrival of Hurricane Gloria. Winds were barely tropical storm force as the diffuse storm center passed just over Montauk Point, Long Island, and were below tropical storm force at the Rhode Island landfall. No direct effect in Maine.

29...Tropical Storm Alberto August 07, 1988. Developed rapidly off the southern New England coast and passed southeast of Cape Cod with winds 50 mph. Tropical Storm Warnings were required along the Maine coast between Eastport and Rockland for this quick moving tropical storm as the center passed into the Gulf of Maine. There were no adverse effects from this system, although winds of gale force occurred east of the storm center.

30...Hurricane Bob August 19, 1991. Set record 24 hour precip total...7.87 IN. Winds gust 61 MPH at Portland. Storm surge 2.8 feet at Portland Tide Gauge. Three deaths in Maine. Eight storm deaths total. Wind gusts to 125 MPH on Cape Cod. Heavy damage in all of coastal New England. Total damage $1.5 billion, most of it in New England. Major flooding in most of New England from this Catagory Two hurricane. Maine damage $212 million. Three deaths in Maine. Most significant hurricane since Gloria in 1985 and Donna in 1960. Many locations in Maine experienced long-duration power-outages. Heavy damage also in Sebago Lake area.

31...Unnamed "Halloween Storm" October 30-November 01, 1991. Although this did not produce much "weather", the storm surge and coastal damage was extensive along the entire East Coast. Massachussetts and Rhode Island were especially hard hit by this system, as was the coast of Maine. Because there was insignificant wind and rain with this system, the public was fooled into thinking it was not serious, despite continued warnings from the National Weather Service and Emergency Management Officials, especially in coastal locations. Rare combination of meteorological factors...weakening Hurricane Grace in Atlantic, unusually strong Canadian High Pressure, and developing low pressure in North Altantic combine to cause Storm Force winds offshore with excessive strong easterly fetch along East Coast, central and southern New England. Moderate to severe coastal flooding from New England to Florida. Unusual storm track south of Nova Scotia with center moving south then west before performing cyclonic loop and curving to northeast off Cape Cod. High Tide cycles in southern New England on 30th severe with similar damage from Bob two months earlier at waterfront locations. Damage again in the millions. Heavy surf and damaging tides along the Maine coast.

32..."Christmas Weekend/Santa Storm" December 1994. Although the Hurricane Center has decided not to classify this system as tropical, post-analysis indicates it was a "warm core" system, and we have decided to include it here. Heavy rain and strong winds gusting over 80 MPH in southern New England on 23-24. Widespead heavy rains all New England on 24th make for a wet, not white, Christmas. Significant damage southeastern New England. Widespread power outages, downed trees and limbs. The demarcation line of heavy weather was from about Cape Ann southward with just heavy precipitation and minor coastal surges from that point northward. Major damage from Cape Cod southwestward through Rhode Island and Connecticut with two foot storm surges and lowland flooding. Heavy rains in Maine otherwise indirect effect from this system.

33...Hurricane Bertha July 13, 1996. Extremely rare, Cape Verde storm, unprecedented for the time of year. This storm originated from an African wave about three weeks before the beginning of the "normal" Cape Verde season. Westward track through northeast Caribbean Islands, rapidly intensifying to Category Three hurricane before moving through. Track then northwest approaching Southeast U. S. coast. Landfall near Wrightsville Beach, N. C. Bertha weakens to a tropical storm while moving through the Northeast States bringing very heavy rainfall and strong, gusty winds. Rainfall amounts of over 6 inches in some locations, including Maine. Winds gusting to over 40 MPH, over 70 MPH in Rhode Island, and along coastal sections. Significant river and stream flooding. Three tornados in New England, two in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts. Rainfall amounts in the Northeast generally in the 4 to 8 inch range. Only fourth tropical system on record to directly affect New England in July, last previous Tropical Storm Brenda in 1960.

34...September, 1996. A rare month in New England when no fewer than four tropical systems, or remnants of, affected the region. The most important was our version of a "Labor Day" hurricane on September 02, when Edouard passed about 100 miles east of Cape Cod during the afternoon and evening. Hurricane Watches and Tropical Storm warnings were in effect for the Maine and New Hampshire coasts, and Hurricane Warnings were issued for southern New England. Considerable damage occurred on Cape Cod and the Island, and Portland reported 0.91 inches of rain from the system, along with some isolated wind gusts over 35 MPH. An unfortuate side-effect from the potential impact of this hurricane was the large loss of revenue in the tourist industry on traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the summer season. As Edouard lumbered north of Puerto Rico, it became the strongest hurricane of the season, a Category Four, with maximum sustained winds of 145 MPH. Model forecasts indicated it would turn north, and did along Longitude 70W but at a slow forward speed. Initial forecasts had the hurricane landfalling in the Northeast, but luckily subsequent forecasts, and the actual track, continued moving the storm east of New England, but again, another near-miss...on our list of near-misses.

The 1996 season was the second active season in a row, and coupled with 1995, there were 32 named storms and 20 hurricanes in the Atlantic, a record. Additional storms which affected the region include remnants of Hurricane Fran, Hortense, which passed well to the east on the 14th and still affected our region, and remains of Pacific Hurricane Fausto, which landfalled over the Baja region of Mexico, and then moved east and northeast, dropping 0.61 inches on Portland. Fran hammered the Carolinas hard, still recovering from Hurricane Bertha which landfalled in the same general area in July, and then proceeded to move northeast and drop 1.06 inches of rain on our region on the 8th and 9th. On the 14th Hortense while moving well east of the area, affected us with 0.59 inches of rain, and raked the offshore waters with gale force winds. It was indeed an interesting Labor Day week with Edouard sideswiping New England on the 2nd, and then watching Fran close on his heels battering the Carolinas and then moving into the Northeast.

35...Hurricane Lili, October 20-22, 1996. As mentioned in the climo sections, this storm did not directly affect New England, located over a thousand miles from our shores. However, in conjunction with an upper-level system over the Northeast, a "tropical connection" of unprecented proportions developed and created rainfall amounts of up to 20 inches or more in portions of eastern New England. Discussed in detail in a special paper by the author in the climatological section. Post analysis now indicates this was a 500 year flood.

36...Tropical Storm Danny, July 25, 1997. an ENSO year with only seven names storms...three hurricanes and one major hurricane. There was only one named storm in September, and no named storms, in August, the first such occurrence since 1961. Danny originated in the Gulf of Mexico, moved across the mouth of the Mississippi River and landfalled as a hurricane. Danny was the appropriately downgraded and the upper level system moved northeast across the southeastern U. S. and approached the Middle Atlantic States on July 24. Danny was once again upgraded to a Tropical Storm and forecast to continue moving east-northeast. However an upper level trough captured the Tropical Storm and turned it more to the northeast. Danny passed very close to the southern New England coast on July 25 causing winds of sustained tropical storm force, and gusts of 50 to 60 KT. Buzzards Bay C-MAN station recorded a gust to 51 KT. Rainfall was generally near 3 inches with Martha's Vineyard ASOS recording 2.88 inches. Although a rarer track with most tropical systems affecting New England from the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico storms can also affect our location. This is also true of Tropical storm Brenda, in July 1960, also a Gulf storm and mentioned earlier in this chronology. Even though a quieter year, this once again indicates fewer storms do not always guarantee a lesser threat from tropical systems in New England.

37...Tropical Storm Floyd, September 16-17, 1999. This system originated off the west coast of Africa and moved on a climatologically correct track around the Bermuda High moving north of Puerto Rico and the Islands and then just east of the Bahamas before beginning to recurve east of Florida. This system then moved into the Carolinas producing devastating flooding there in the eastern portion of the State. Floyd then continued moving northward into the Northeast where the system weakened to a Tropical Storm before becoming extratropical just west of Portland, Maine early on September 17. The remains of Floyd continued moving northeast along the Maine coast and into the Maritimes. Highest winds were reported in southern New England with winds generally 40 to 50 knots. There were reports of sporadic power outages but no significant damage in New England.

38...Remains of Tropical Storm Gordon, September 20, 2000. After moving trough the Southeast and dumping heavy rains on Florida, the system became Extratropical and moved rapidly into the Northeastern United States, passing over southern New England. The system brought very tropical air from the southern U. S....and with it with great instability. Intense thunderstorm activity with heavy rains accompanied the sytem in the early morning hours as the outer bands from the leftover storm passed through New England. Rainfall totals of near an inch in one hour accompanied the thunderstorms which were intense for the time of day (around 2 AM EDT). By sunrise the activity was over...the system was moving away and skies began to clear during the morning hours. Through brief...the storms were memorable for the early morning intensity and cloud tops to 45,000 feet were observed on the Gray, Maine radar...unusual for the time of day and time of year in northern New England.

39...2004 Hurricane Season. A remarkable season for the number of storms...15...long tracks and the fact four storms made landfall in Florida. Three of these systems also affected New England directly or indirectly. Charley is the second costliest hurricane in U. S. history (14 billion dollars) only to Andrew which also affected Florida in 1992. On August 12 Tropical Storm Bonnie moved across the Florida Panhandle and continued to curve northeastward moving off the East Coast as a remnant Low on August 14 just south of Cape Cod. After the Florida landfall of Charley on Friday August 13...it continued to move across Florida and emerged off the East Coast again near Daytona Beach. Charley continued to move towards the South Carolina coast and made another landfall near Cape Romain South Carolina near midday on August 14. It continued rapidly northeastward and became embedded in a frontal and and finally became extratropical remains near southeastern MA. There was 1 reported death in Rhode Island as a result of the storm. Tropical Storm Hermine developed on a frontal zone on August 27 about 230 miles south of Bermuda. It moved west northwest and then Northward reaching the south coast of MA on August 31...the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Carol...as a 40 MPH Tropical Storm. It continued northward into the Gulf of Maine and became extratropical later that day. Moderate to heavy rainfall occurred over much of eastern New England as a result of Hermine.