Hurricane History Map

Dominican Republic storm history

110 storms have passed within 50 km of the Dominican Republic from 1851 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 Dominican Republic

The record holds 110 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of the Dominican Republic between 1851 and 2023. The busiest month is September, with 45 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 15 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 110storms within 50 km
  • 10major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 47at 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 Dominican Republic?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1110%
Tropical storm3734%
Category 12119%
Category 21615%
Category 355%
Category 433%
Category 522%
Unknown intensity1514%

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

Dominican Republic storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 10 in 1860s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2023, 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
1850s8
1860s10
1870s7
1880s7
1890s8
1900s9
1910s5
1920s4
1930s9
1940s3
1950s5
1960s5
1970s6
1980s5
1990s3
2000s7
2010s3
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 45 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun0Jul7Aug31Sep45Oct19Nov3Dec3
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun0
Jul7
Aug31
Sep45
Oct19
Nov3
Dec3

Strongest storms near Dominican Republic

  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1928 (North Atlantic)6 September 1928 to 21 September 1928, Category 4 (135 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 929 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1930 (North Atlantic)29 August 1930 to 17 September 1930, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1883 (North Atlantic)4 September 1883 to 13 September 1883, peak Category 3 (110 kt)

Most recent storms near Dominican Republic

  • Franklin (2023)19 August 2023 to 9 September 2023, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 926 hPa
  • Fiona (2022)14 September 2022 to 27 September 2022, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 931 hPa
  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 967 hPa
  • Fred (2021)9 August 2021 to 20 August 2021, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 991 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 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 Dominican Republic with their own pages

  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • Emily (1987)20 September 1987 to 26 September 1987, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 958 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Fiona (2022)14 September 2022 to 27 September 2022, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 931 hPa
  • Beulah (1967)5 September 1967 to 24 September 1967, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 923 hPa
  • Hortense (1996)3 September 1996 to 16 September 1996, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 hPa
  • Jeanne (2004)13 September 2004 to 29 September 2004, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 951 hPa
  • Eloise (1975)13 September 1975 to 24 September 1975, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 950 hPa
  • Isaac (2012)20 August 2012 to 1 September 2012, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 966 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa

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