Hurricane History Map

Antigua and Barbuda storm history

77 storms have passed within 50 km of Antigua and Barbuda from 1851 to 2025, 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 Antigua and Barbuda

The record holds 77 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Antigua and Barbuda between 1851 and 2025. The busiest month is August, with 29 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 7 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 77storms within 50 km
  • 13major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 31at 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 Antigua and Barbuda?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression68%
Tropical storm3343%
Category 11317%
Category 256%
Category 379%
Category 456%
Category 511%
Unknown intensity79%

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

Antigua and Barbuda storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 8 in 1930s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1851, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s5
1860s3
1870s7
1880s5
1890s6
1900s4
1910s2
1920s2
1930s8
1940s1
1950s2
1960s4
1970s4
1980s4
1990s7
2000s1
2010s6
2020s6

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 29 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul6Aug29Sep27Oct11Nov4Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul6
Aug29
Sep27
Oct11
Nov4
Dec0

Strongest storms near Antigua and Barbuda

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1899 (North Atlantic)3 August 1899 to 4 September 1899, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Hugo (1989)10 September 1989 to 25 September 1989, Category 4 (125 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 918 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
  • Dog (1950)30 August 1950 to 18 September 1950, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 953 hPa

Most recent storms near Antigua and Barbuda

  • Jerry (2025)7 October 2025 to 11 October 2025, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 1,000 hPa
  • Ernesto (2024)11 August 2024 to 20 August 2024, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 967 hPa
  • Tammy (2023)18 October 2023 to 31 October 2023, Category 1 (80 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
  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 967 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 Antigua and Barbuda with their own pages

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Hugo (1989)10 September 1989 to 25 September 1989, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 918 hPa
  • Luis (1995)28 August 1995 to 12 September 1995, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 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
  • Earl (2010)24 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Bertha (1996)5 July 1996 to 17 July 1996, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa

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