Hurricane History Map

Montserrat storm history

45 storms have passed within 50 km of Montserrat from 1851 to 2024, 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 Montserrat

The record holds 45 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Montserrat between 1851 and 2024. The busiest month is August, with 23 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 5 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 45storms within 50 km
  • 5major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 15at 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 Montserrat?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression818%
Tropical storm1738%
Category 1716%
Category 237%
Category 324%
Category 437%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity511%

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

Montserrat storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1890s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2024, 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
1850s2
1860s3
1870s2
1880s3
1890s5
1900s2
1910s3
1920s2
1930s2
1950s1
1960s3
1970s3
1980s3
1990s3
2000s2
2010s2
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 23 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul2Aug23Sep14Oct5Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul2
Aug23
Sep14
Oct5
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Montserrat

  • 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 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
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1924 (North Atlantic)26 August 1924 to 6 September 1924, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 965 hPa

Most recent storms near Montserrat

  • Ernesto (2024)11 August 2024 to 20 August 2024, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 967 hPa
  • Fiona (2022)14 September 2022 to 27 September 2022, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 931 hPa
  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 967 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Erika (2015)24 August 2015 to 28 August 2015, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 1,001 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 Montserrat with their own pages

  • Hugo (1989)10 September 1989 to 25 September 1989, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 918 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa
  • Fiona (2022)14 September 2022 to 27 September 2022, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 931 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Jeanne (2004)13 September 2004 to 29 September 2004, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 951 hPa
  • Carmen (1974)29 August 1974 to 10 September 1974, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 928 hPa
  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 967 hPa

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