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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Potala Pastillo, PR

Hurricanes

7

3 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 7 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Potala Pastillo. That's a hurricane about once every 11 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 18628
2021Fred AugTropical storm4039
2020Laura AugTropical storm5217
2017Maria SepCategory 415522
2015Erika AugTropical storm5237
2014Bertha AugTropical storm4649
2011Irene AugCategory 18134
2007Olga DecTropical storm5228
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6915
1998Georges SepCategory 311512
1996Hortense SepCategory 18120
1989Hugo SepCategory 312757
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5238
1981Gert SepTropical storm5834
1979Frederic SepTropical storm528
1956Betsy AugCategory 29817
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4049
1950Baker AugTropical storm406

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s12
1960s00
1970s01
1980s12
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 Potala Pastillo 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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