Hurricane History Map

Haiti storm history

90 storms have passed within 50 km of Haiti from 1851 to 2021, 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 Haiti

The record holds 90 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Haiti between 1851 and 2021. The busiest month is September, with 36 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.

  • 90storms within 50 km
  • 10major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 36at 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 Haiti?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression67%
Tropical storm3842%
Category 11820%
Category 289%
Category 344%
Category 444%
Category 522%
Unknown intensity1011%

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

Haiti storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 10 in 2000s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2021, 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
1850s6
1860s7
1870s8
1880s7
1890s3
1900s8
1910s5
1920s1
1930s7
1940s2
1950s6
1960s3
1970s4
1980s3
1990s2
2000s10
2010s4
2020s4

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 36 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun0Jul4Aug27Sep36Oct15Nov4Dec3
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun0
Jul4
Aug27
Sep36
Oct15
Nov4
Dec3

Strongest storms near Haiti

  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Flora (1963)28 September 1963 to 17 October 1963, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 933 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Matthew (2016)28 September 2016 to 10 October 2016, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa

Most recent storms near Haiti

  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, Tropical storm (40 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
  • Isaias (2020)28 July 2020 to 5 August 2020, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 986 hPa
  • Matthew (2016)28 September 2016 to 10 October 2016, Category 4 (130 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 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 Haiti with their own pages

  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Flora (1963)28 September 1963 to 17 October 1963, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 933 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Matthew (2016)28 September 2016 to 10 October 2016, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Hazel (1954)5 October 1954 to 18 October 1954, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 938 hPa
  • Emily (1987)20 September 1987 to 26 September 1987, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 958 hPa
  • Gustav (2008)25 August 2008 to 5 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Hilda (1955)12 September 1955 to 20 September 1955, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 952 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Isaac (2012)20 August 2012 to 1 September 2012, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 966 hPa

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