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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Barranquitas, PR

Hurricanes

8

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 8 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Barranquitas. 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 161 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 18646
2021Fred AugTropical storm4055
2020Laura AugTropical storm5229
2019Karen SepTropical storm4657
2017Maria SepCategory 51616
2015Erika AugTropical storm5253
2011Irene AugCategory 18117
2007Olga DecTropical storm5219
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm693
2000Debby AugCategory 17559
1998Georges SepCategory 31151
1996Hortense SepCategory 18138
1989Hugo SepCategory 312739
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5835
1981Gert SepTropical storm5816
1979Frederic SepTropical storm526
1956Betsy AugCategory 2984
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4032
1950Baker AugTropical storm4623

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s01
1980s12
1990s20
2000s12
2010s22
2020s13

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 Barranquitas 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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