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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Palmas del Mar, PR

Hurricanes

9

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 9 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Palmas del Mar. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Dorian in 2019. The strongest was Maria in 2017, with winds near 161 mph as it went by. Most came in August.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Ernesto AugTropical storm6948
2021Fred AugTropical storm4058
2020Laura AugTropical storm5228
2019Karen SepTropical storm4624
2019Dorian AugCategory 18650
2017Maria SepCategory 51619
2015Erika AugTropical storm5252
2011Irene AugCategory 1811
2007Olga DecTropical storm4626
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6913
2001Dean AugTropical storm5851
2000Debby AugCategory 17555
1998Georges SepCategory 31151
1996Hortense SepCategory 18159
1995Marilyn SepCategory 210947
1989Hugo SepCategory 413220
1984Klaus NovTropical storm586
1981Gert SepTropical storm588
1979Frederic SepTropical storm521
1956Betsy AugCategory 29815
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4028
1950Baker AugTropical storm4628

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s01
1980s12
1990s30
2000s13
2010s32
2020s03

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 Palmas del Mar 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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