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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Luquillo, 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 Luquillo. 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 storm6929
2020Laura AugTropical storm5248
2019Karen SepTropical storm4627
2019Dorian AugCategory 18634
2017Irma SepCategory 517340
2017Maria SepCategory 516128
2011Irene AugCategory 18117
2007Olga DecTropical storm467
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6932
2001Dean AugTropical storm5832
2000Debby AugCategory 17535
1999Jose OctTropical storm6950
1998Georges SepCategory 311520
1996Bertha JulCategory 19244
1995Marilyn SepCategory 210929
1989Hugo SepCategory 41324
1984Klaus NovTropical storm6316
1981Gert SepTropical storm5819
1979Frederic SepTropical storm5220
1975Eloise SepTropical storm4644
1956Betsy AugCategory 29835
1953Dolly SepTropical storm409
1950Baker AugTropical storm4648

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
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 Luquillo 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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