Hurricane History Map

Sint Maarten storm history

44 storms have passed within 50 km of Sint Maarten from 1852 to 2023, 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 Sint Maarten

The record holds 44 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Sint Maarten between 1852 and 2023. The busiest month is September, with 17 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 5 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 44storms within 50 km
  • 10major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 19at 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 Sint Maarten?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression49%
Tropical storm1636%
Category 1716%
Category 225%
Category 3511%
Category 449%
Category 512%
Unknown intensity511%

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

Sint Maarten storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 1870s.1850s1870s1890s1920s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2023, 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.

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PeriodCount
1850s2
1860s2
1870s6
1880s2
1890s1
1900s2
1920s1
1930s5
1940s1
1950s2
1960s2
1970s3
1980s2
1990s5
2000s2
2010s5
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 17 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul4Aug9Sep17Oct10Nov2Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul4
Aug9
Sep17
Oct10
Nov2
Dec1

Strongest storms near Sint Maarten

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1932 (North Atlantic)25 September 1932 to 2 October 1932, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Luis (1995)28 August 1995 to 12 September 1995, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Earl (2010)24 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Dog (1950)30 August 1950 to 18 September 1950, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 953 hPa

Most recent storms near Sint Maarten

  • Philippe (2023)23 September 2023 to 6 October 2023, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa
  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Rafael (2012)12 October 2012 to 26 October 2012, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 969 hPa
  • Maria (2011)6 September 2011 to 16 September 2011, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 983 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 Sint Maarten with their own pages

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Luis (1995)28 August 1995 to 12 September 1995, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 935 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Earl (2010)24 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Dog (1950)30 August 1950 to 18 September 1950, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 953 hPa
  • Donna (1960)29 August 1960 to 14 September 1960, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 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
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Floyd (1981)3 September 1981 to 12 September 1981, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 975 hPa

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