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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Candelaria, PR

Hurricanes

10

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Candelaria. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Dorian in 2019. The strongest was Irma in 2017, with winds near 173 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Ernesto AugTropical storm6943
2020Laura AugTropical storm5246
2019Karen SepTropical storm4658
2019Dorian AugCategory 18659
2017Irma SepCategory 517351
2017Maria SepCategory 415512
2011Irene AugCategory 1814
2007Olga DecTropical storm528
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6919
2001Dean AugTropical storm5851
2000Debby AugCategory 17542
1998Georges SepCategory 311515
1996Hortense SepCategory 18153
1995Marilyn SepCategory 210949
1989Hugo SepCategory 312725
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5839
1981Gert SepTropical storm586
1979Frederic SepTropical storm5222
1975Eloise SepTropical storm4649
1956Betsy AugCategory 29817
1955Hilda SepTropical storm4655
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4616
1950Baker AugTropical storm4039

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s00
1970s02
1980s12
1990s30
2000s13
2010s41
2020s02

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 Candelaria 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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