Hurricane History Map

Saint Kitts and Nevis storm history

46 storms have passed within 50 km of Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis

The record holds 46 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Saint Kitts and Nevis between 1851 and 2024. The busiest month is August, with 19 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 4 strength. 4 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 46storms within 50 km
  • 6major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 21at 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression511%
Tropical storm1635%
Category 11124%
Category 249%
Category 337%
Category 437%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity49%

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis 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
1850s4
1860s3
1870s3
1880s3
1890s5
1900s3
1910s2
1920s1
1930s5
1950s1
1960s1
1970s3
1980s3
1990s4
2000s1
2010s2
2020s2

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 19 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May0Jun0Jul3Aug19Sep14Oct7Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul3
Aug19
Sep14
Oct7
Nov2
Dec0

Strongest storms near Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Unnamed storm of August 1899 (North Atlantic)3 August 1899 to 4 September 1899, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1932 (North Atlantic)25 September 1932 to 2 October 1932, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Hugo (1989)10 September 1989 to 25 September 1989, Category 4 (125 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 918 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1871 (North Atlantic)17 August 1871 to 31 August 1871, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 962 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1876 (North Atlantic)10 September 1876 to 20 September 1876, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 980 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa

Most recent storms near Saint Kitts and Nevis

  • Ernesto (2024)11 August 2024 to 20 August 2024, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 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
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa
  • Debby (2000)19 August 2000 to 24 August 2000, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 993 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis with their own pages

  • Hugo (1989)10 September 1989 to 25 September 1989, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 918 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Bertha (1996)5 July 1996 to 17 July 1996, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa

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