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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Mayagüez, PR

Hurricanes

6

2 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 6 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Mayagüez. That's a hurricane about once every 13 years. The most recent hurricane was Fiona in 2022. The strongest was Maria in 2017, with winds near 127 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Fiona SepCategory 18614
2021Fred AugTropical storm4042
2020Laura AugTropical storm5223
2017Maria SepCategory 312729
2015Erika AugTropical storm5247
2014Bertha AugTropical storm4636
2011Irene AugCategory 18146
2007Olga DecTropical storm5810
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6920
1998Georges SepCategory 311512
1996Hortense SepCategory 1818
1981Gert SepTropical storm5248
1979Frederic SepTropical storm529
1961Frances OctTropical storm5254
1956Betsy AugCategory 29829
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4650
1950Baker AugTropical storm405

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s01
1970s01
1980s01
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 Mayagüez 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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