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Hurricane history · Puerto Rico

Hurricanes near Vega Baja, PR

Hurricanes

10

4 major (Category 3+)

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

4

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 10 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Vega Baja. That's a hurricane about once every 8 years. The most recent hurricane was Fiona in 2022. 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 storm6947
2022Fiona SepCategory 18654
2020Laura AugTropical storm5247
2017Irma SepCategory 517354
2017Maria SepCategory 41559
2011Irene AugCategory 1818
2007Olga DecTropical storm521
2004Jeanne SepTropical storm6916
2001Dean AugTropical storm5856
2000Debby AugCategory 17544
1998Georges SepCategory 311518
1996Hortense SepCategory 18145
1995Marilyn SepCategory 210955
1989Hugo SepCategory 312732
1984Klaus NovTropical storm5250
1981Gert SepTropical storm586
1979Frederic SepTropical storm5224
1975Eloise SepTropical storm4650
1956Betsy AugCategory 29815
1955Hilda SepTropical storm4656
1953Dolly SepTropical storm4618
1950Baker AugTropical storm4037

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s13
1960s00
1970s02
1980s12
1990s30
2000s13
2010s30
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 Vega Baja 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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