Hurricane History Map

Honduras storm history

142 storms have passed within 50 km of Honduras from 1852 to 2026, 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 Honduras

The record holds 142 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Honduras between 1852 and 2026. The busiest month is October, with 49 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 21 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 142storms within 50 km
  • 11major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 35at 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 Honduras?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression2518%
Tropical storm6143%
Category 11611%
Category 286%
Category 332%
Category 443%
Category 543%
Unknown intensity2115%

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

Honduras storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 16 in 1890s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2026, 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.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s3
1860s3
1870s4
1880s5
1890s16
1900s5
1910s7
1920s8
1930s10
1940s11
1950s4
1960s7
1970s10
1980s8
1990s10
2000s12
2010s11
2020s8

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 49 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun14Jul10Aug15Sep32Oct49Nov18Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun14
Jul10
Aug15
Sep32
Oct49
Nov18
Dec0

Strongest storms near Honduras

  • Mitch (1998)22 October 1998 to 9 November 1998, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 905 hPa
  • Janet (1955)21 September 1955 to 30 September 1955, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 914 hPa
  • Wilma (2005)15 October 2005 to 26 October 2005, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 882 hPa
  • Felix (2007)31 August 2007 to 6 September 2007, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Edith (1971)5 September 1971 to 18 September 1971, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 943 hPa
  • Iris (2001)4 October 2001 to 9 October 2001, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 948 hPa

Most recent storms near Honduras

  • Cristina (2026)6 June 2026 to 11 June 2026, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,004 hPa, provisional
  • Sara (2024)13 November 2024 to 18 November 2024, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 997 hPa
  • Julia (2022)6 October 2022 to 10 October 2022, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 982 hPa
  • Iota (2020)12 November 2020 to 18 November 2020, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 917 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 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.

Honduras ranks number 24 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near Honduras with their own pages

  • Mitch (1998)22 October 1998 to 9 November 1998, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 905 hPa
  • Janet (1955)21 September 1955 to 30 September 1955, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 914 hPa
  • Wilma (2005)15 October 2005 to 26 October 2005, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 882 hPa
  • Felix (2007)31 August 2007 to 6 September 2007, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Edith (1971)5 September 1971 to 18 September 1971, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 943 hPa
  • Iris (2001)4 October 2001 to 9 October 2001, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 948 hPa
  • Greta:olivia (1978)13 September 1978 to 23 September 1978, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 947 hPa
  • Carmen (1974)29 August 1974 to 10 September 1974, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 928 hPa
  • Rina (2011)22 October 2011 to 29 October 2011, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 966 hPa
  • Michelle (2001)29 October 2001 to 6 November 2001, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 934 hPa
  • Iota (2020)12 November 2020 to 18 November 2020, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 917 hPa
  • Carla (1961)3 September 1961 to 18 September 1961, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa

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