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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Capitanejo, PR

Hurricanes

7

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Capitanejo. That's a hurricane about once every 11 years. The most recent hurricane was Fiona in 2022. The strongest was Maria in 2017, with winds near 155 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Fiona SepCategory 18627
2021Fred AugTropical storm4040
2020Laura AugTropical storm5217
2017Maria SepCategory 415522
2015Erika AugTropical storm5239
2014Bertha AugTropical storm4648
2011Irene AugCategory 18134
2007Olga DecTropical storm5227
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6915
1998Georges SepCategory 311511
1996Hortense SepCategory 18119
1989Hugo SepCategory 312758
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5241
1981Gert SepTropical storm5834
1979Frederic SepTropical storm528
1956Betsy AugCategory 29817
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4048
1950Baker AugTropical storm406

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s01
1980s12
1990s20
2000s02
2010s22
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 Capitanejo 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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