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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Arecibo, PR

Hurricanes

8

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

9

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 9 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Arecibo. That's a hurricane about once every 10 years. The most recent hurricane was Fiona in 2022. The strongest was Maria in 2017, with winds near 150 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Ernesto AugTropical storm6959
2022Fiona SepCategory 18640
2020Laura AugTropical storm5244
2017Maria SepCategory 41501
2011Irene AugCategory 18116
2007Olga DecTropical storm527
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm697
2000Debby AugCategory 17550
1998Georges SepCategory 210923
1996Hortense SepCategory 18133
1989Hugo SepCategory 312747
1981Gert SepTropical storm5819
1979Frederic SepTropical storm5225
1975Eloise SepTropical storm5253
1956Betsy AugCategory 2987
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4624
1950Baker AugTropical storm4030

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s02
1980s11
1990s20
2000s12
2010s20
2020s12

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Arecibo at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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