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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Ponce, 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 Ponce. 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 155 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2022Fiona SepCategory 18623
2021Fred AugTropical storm4038
2020Laura AugTropical storm5214
2017Maria SepCategory 415525
2015Erika AugTropical storm5236
2014Bertha AugTropical storm4644
2011Irene AugCategory 18138
2007Olga DecTropical storm5227
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6918
1998Georges SepCategory 311510
1996Hortense SepCategory 18114
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5246
1981Gert SepTropical storm5839
1979Frederic SepTropical storm527
1956Betsy AugCategory 29822
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4051
1950Baker AugTropical storm406

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s01
1980s02
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 Ponce 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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