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Year	Dates	Name
1635	08/25	Great Colonial Hurricane *
1638	08/03
1675	09/07	Second Great Colonial Hurricane
1683	8/23	Hurricane and Flood of 1683
1713	08/30
1727	09/27
1743	11/02	Ben Franklin's Eclipse Hurricane
1749	10/19
1761	10/23-24	Winthrop's Hurricane
1770	10/20	Stile's Hurricane
1778	08/12-13	The French Storm
1788	08/19	Western New England Hurricane
1815	09/23	The Great September Gale *
1821	09/03	Redfield's Hurricane (arrived at low tide)
1841	10/03	The October Gale
1856	08/21	Charter Oak Storm
1869	09/08	September Gale of '69
1878	10/23-24
1879	08/18-19	Cape Cod Hurricane of '79
1893	08/24
1893	08/29	passed well inland
1896	10/12-13	offshore hurricane
1916	07/21	excessive rainfall
1924	08/26	Offshore Hurricane of '24
1933	09/17-18	13.27 inches rain at Provincetown, MA
1936	09/18-19	7.79 inches rain at Provincetown, MA
1938	09/21	Great New England Hurricane *
1944	09/14-15	Great Atlantic Hurricane *
1950	09/11-12	Hurricane Dog
1954	08/31	Carol *
1954	09/11	Edna *
1954	09/11	Hazel
1955	08/17-19	Diane - extreme flooding
1960	09/12	Donna
1985	09/27	Gloria
1991	08/19	Bob

* At least category 3 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale

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