Aguascalientes, Mexico: storm history

7 storms have passed within 50 km of Aguascalientes from 1959 to 2023. The map shows Mexico; search for a town in Aguascalientes to see storms near it.

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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 Aguascalientes

The record holds 7 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Aguascalientes, Mexico between 1959 and 2023. The busiest month is October, with 4 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached tropical storm strength.

  • 7storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 0at 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 Aguascalientes?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression343%
Tropical storm457%
Category 100%
Category 200%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

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

Aguascalientes storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1990s.1950s11970s11990s32010s12020s1

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1959, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1970s1
1990s3
2010s1
2020s1

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 4 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul0Aug2Sep1Oct4Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug2
Sep1
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Aguascalientes

  • Lidia (2023)3 October 2023 to 11 October 2023, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Patricia (2015)20 October 2015 to 24 October 2015, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (185 kt), 872 hPa
  • Winifred (1992)6 October 1992 to 10 October 1992, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Anita (1977)29 August 1977 to 3 September 1977, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 926 hPa

Most recent storms near Aguascalientes

  • Lidia (2023)3 October 2023 to 11 October 2023, Tropical storm (60 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Patricia (2015)20 October 2015 to 24 October 2015, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (185 kt), 872 hPa
  • Dolly (1996)19 August 1996 to 25 August 1996, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 989 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.

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