Hurricane History Map

Anguilla storm history

67 storms have passed within 50 km of Anguilla from 1852 to 2023, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Anguilla

The record holds 67 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Anguilla between 1852 and 2023. The busiest month is September, with 26 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 10 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 67storms within 50 km
  • 13major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 23at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Anguilla?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression812%
Tropical storm2639%
Category 1710%
Category 234%
Category 3710%
Category 457%
Category 511%
Unknown intensity1015%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Anguilla storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 8 in 1870s.1850s1870s1890s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1852, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s3
1860s4
1870s8
1880s4
1890s3
1900s3
1920s2
1930s8
1940s3
1950s2
1960s3
1970s3
1980s5
1990s6
2000s3
2010s5
2020s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 26 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr1May0Jun0Jul3Aug16Sep26Oct16Nov3Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May0
Jun0
Jul3
Aug16
Sep26
Oct16
Nov3
Dec1

Strongest storms near Anguilla

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1932 (North Atlantic)25 September 1932 to 2 October 1932, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Luis (1995)28 August 1995 to 12 September 1995, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Omar (2008)13 October 2008 to 21 October 2008, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 958 hPa
  • Earl (2010)24 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa

Most recent storms near Anguilla

  • Tammy (2023)18 October 2023 to 31 October 2023, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 965 hPa
  • Philippe (2023)23 September 2023 to 6 October 2023, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa
  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Rafael (2012)12 October 2012 to 26 October 2012, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 969 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

Notable storms near Anguilla with their own pages

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Luis (1995)28 August 1995 to 12 September 1995, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Omar (2008)13 October 2008 to 21 October 2008, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 958 hPa
  • Earl (2010)24 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Dog (1950)30 August 1950 to 18 September 1950, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 953 hPa
  • Donna (1960)29 August 1960 to 14 September 1960, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Bertha (1996)5 July 1996 to 17 July 1996, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Faith (1966)21 August 1966 to 13 September 1966, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 950 hPa
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa

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