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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near San Juan, PR

Hurricanes

11

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

5

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 11 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of San Juan. That's a hurricane about once every 7 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 storm6938
2020Laura AugTropical storm5247
2019Karen SepTropical storm4648
2019Dorian AugCategory 18651
2017Irma SepCategory 517348
2017Maria SepCategory 516117
2011Irene AugCategory 1816
2007Olga DecTropical storm526
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6923
2001Dean AugTropical storm5844
2000Debby AugCategory 17540
1998Georges SepCategory 311517
1996Hortense SepCategory 18160
1996Bertha JulCategory 19255
1995Marilyn SepCategory 210942
1989Hugo SepCategory 413217
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5833
1981Gert SepTropical storm587
1979Frederic SepTropical storm5222
1975Eloise SepTropical storm4647
1956Betsy AugCategory 29824
1955Hilda SepTropical storm4655
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4013
1950Baker AugTropical storm4043

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s00
1970s02
1980s12
1990s40
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 San Juan 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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