Hurricane History Map

Turks and Caicos Islands storm history

79 storms have passed within 50 km of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 1852 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 Turks and Caicos Islands

The record holds 79 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 1852 and 2024. The busiest month is September, with 34 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 8 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 79storms within 50 km
  • 15major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 27at 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1316%
Tropical storm3139%
Category 1911%
Category 234%
Category 379%
Category 468%
Category 523%
Unknown intensity810%

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

Turks and Caicos Islands storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 7 in 1880s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2024, 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
1850s4
1860s6
1870s6
1880s7
1890s2
1900s7
1910s1
1920s4
1930s4
1940s7
1950s3
1960s4
1970s3
1980s5
2000s7
2010s7
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 34 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun1Jul4Aug19Sep34Oct14Nov5Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun1
Jul4
Aug19
Sep34
Oct14
Nov5
Dec0

Strongest storms near Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1933 (North Atlantic)22 August 1933 to 5 September 1933, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 954 hPa
  • 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 September 1926 (North Atlantic)11 September 1926 to 22 September 1926, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Frances (2004)25 August 2004 to 10 September 2004, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 937 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1866 (North Atlantic)20 September 1866 to 7 October 1866, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 938 hPa

Most recent storms near Turks and Caicos Islands

  • Oscar (2024)19 October 2024 to 22 October 2024, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 984 hPa
  • Fiona (2022)14 September 2022 to 27 September 2022, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 931 hPa
  • Maria (2017)16 September 2017 to 2 October 2017, Category 3 (110 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 909 hPa
  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Kate (2015)8 November 2015 to 13 November 2015, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 980 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 Turks and Caicos Islands with their own pages

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Frances (2004)25 August 2004 to 10 September 2004, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 937 hPa
  • Donna (1960)29 August 1960 to 14 September 1960, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Maria (2017)16 September 2017 to 2 October 2017, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 909 hPa
  • Fiona (2022)14 September 2022 to 27 September 2022, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 931 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa
  • Betsy (1956)9 August 1956 to 21 August 1956, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 954 hPa
  • Kate (1985)15 November 1985 to 23 November 1985, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 954 hPa
  • Edna (1954)5 September 1954 to 14 September 1954, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 943 hPa
  • Jeanne (2004)13 September 2004 to 29 September 2004, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 951 hPa
  • Rita (2005)18 September 2005 to 26 September 2005, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 897 hPa

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