<Li> October 29 - 30 , 2012 -- Hurricane Sandy affected Southern New England with its outer bands producing heavy storm surge , winds , and rainfall before the storm 's landfall in New Jersey . Sandy devastated the Jersey Shore , New York City , parts of Long Island and the Connecticut and Rhode Island coastlines . Flooding and power outages ( roughly nine million customers total ) lasted several days , while thousands of trees , telephone poles and traffic light stanchions were snapped . A total of approximately $71.4 billion in property damage was left in Sandy 's wake after it made landfall and its center went over Pennsylvania and New York . Sandy killed 5 people in New England ( 4 in Connecticut and 1 in New Hampshire ) . To the west , Sandy dumped 2 to 4 feet of snow in the Appalachian Mountain region and flatlands . </Li>
when was the last time new england had a hurricane
October 29 - 30 , 2012