Hurricanes that hit Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico: hurricane history

27 storms have passed within 50 km of Barceloneta Municipio from 1852 to 2017, coloured by intensity on the map.

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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 Barceloneta Municipio

The record holds 27 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico between 1852 and 2017. The busiest month is September, with 15 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 4 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 27storms within 50 km
  • 6major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 14at 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 Barceloneta Municipio?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression14%
Tropical storm830%
Category 1311%
Category 2519%
Category 327%
Category 427%
Category 527%
Unknown intensity415%

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

Barceloneta Municipio storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1860s.1850s11860s31870s31890s31900s11910s21920s11930s21950s31970s21980s11990s12000s22010s2

The 2010s only run to 2017, 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.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s1
1860s3
1870s3
1890s3
1900s1
1910s2
1920s1
1930s2
1950s3
1970s2
1980s1
1990s1
2000s2
2010s2

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 15 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul2Aug6Sep15Oct2Nov1Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul2
Aug6
Sep15
Oct2
Nov1
Dec1

Strongest storms near Barceloneta Municipio

  • Unnamed storm of September 1928 (North Atlantic)6 September 1928 to 21 September 1928, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 929 hPa
  • Maria (2017)16 September 2017 to 2 October 2017, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 909 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1932 (North Atlantic)25 September 1932 to 2 October 1932, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1899 (North Atlantic)3 August 1899 to 4 September 1899, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of October 1867 (North Atlantic)27 October 1867 to 1 November 1867, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 952 hPa

Most recent storms near Barceloneta Municipio

  • Maria (2017)16 September 2017 to 2 October 2017, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 909 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, Category 1 (70 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa
  • Olga (2007)10 December 2007 to 16 December 2007, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 1,003 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.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Barceloneta Municipio

  • Maria (2017)16 September 2017 to 2 October 2017, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 909 hPa
  • Betsy (1956)9 August 1956 to 21 August 1956, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 954 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa

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