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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Carolina, PR

Hurricanes

10

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

14

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 14 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Carolina. 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 storm6935
2020Laura AugTropical storm5248
2019Karen SepTropical storm4644
2019Dorian AugCategory 18647
2017Irma SepCategory 517345
2017Maria SepCategory 516120
2011Irene AugCategory 1819
2007Olga DecTropical storm466
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6926
2001Dean AugTropical storm5841
2000Debby AugCategory 17537
1999Jose OctTropical storm6360
1998Georges SepCategory 311519
1996Bertha JulCategory 19251
1995Marilyn SepCategory 210938
1989Hugo SepCategory 413213
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5829
1981Gert SepTropical storm5812
1979Frederic SepTropical storm5221
1975Eloise SepTropical storm4646
1956Betsy AugCategory 29827
1955Hilda SepTropical storm4655
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4011
1950Baker AugTropical storm4645

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s00
1970s02
1980s12
1990s31
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 Carolina 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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