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Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (MDPC)

Location: 18.57N 68.37W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (18.57N, 68.37W) might not be the center of the island. Often the location of the island weather station was used, which is normally at the airport.
Please note that not only hurricanes (h1-h5) are included but also tropical storms (ts). Wind/category reported is maximum measured while the system moved through region (box). Each category storm has its own color (see color bar below; ts=tropical storm; h1=category 1 hurricane; etc., see the guide for definitions). Different projections can be selected, the island projections are most zoomed in (select if you want to see how close the systems passed by the island [not available for regions]), while the world projection most zoomed out (select when you want to see the complete path of the storm). Winds are in miles per hour. It is also calculated how close the center of the storm came to the island, the so-called closest point of approach (cpoa, in miles).

Below you can see all stormtracks for each decade since 1851 for Punta Cana. All storms since 1851 in one image [colored spaghetti] can be found elsewhere. In the climatology section there is also a weekly analysis of the data which shows when the real peak of hurricane season is for Punta Cana and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Punta Cana recently.

Projection: Island | Caribbean | Atlantic | World |
[ts=tropical storm; h1=category 1 hurricane; etc.]

2010 - 2019
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
22 Aug 2011    86   h1   56   IRENE
 2 Aug 2014    46   ts    2   BERTHA
28 Aug 2015    52   ts   67   ERIKA
21 Sep 2017   115   h3   53   MARIA

2000 - 2009
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
23 Aug 2000    75   h1   66   DEBBY
10 Oct 2003    46   ts   46   MINDY
16 Sep 2004    81   h1    2   JEANNE
11 Dec 2007    58   ts    5   OLGA
15 Aug 2008    40   ts    5   FAY

1990 - 1999
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
11 Sep 1996    81   h1   14   HORTENSE
22 Sep 1998   121   h3   27   GEORGES

1980 - 1989
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 9 Sep 1981    46   ts   65   GERT

1970 - 1979
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
16 Sep 1975    75   h1   63   ELOISE
 5 Sep 1979    52   ts   53   FREDERIC

1960 - 1969
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 3 Oct 1961    58   ts   17   FRANCES
27 Sep 1963    75   h1   39   EDITH

1950 - 1959
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 8 Sep 1953    46   ts   59   DOLLY
13 Aug 1956    98   h2   55   BETSY

1940 - 1949
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
15 Oct 1943    92   h1   26   UNNAMED
22 Sep 1949    75   h1   54   UNNAMED

1930 - 1939
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 3 Sep 1930   138   h4   42   UNNAMED
 3 Sep 1931    46   ts   63   UNNAMED
11 Sep 1931    75   h1    7   UNNAMED
27 Sep 1932   104   h2   29   UNNAMED
 9 Aug 1938    52   ts   43   UNNAMED

1920 - 1929
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
11 Sep 1921   127   h3   11   UNNAMED
24 Jul 1926    98   h2   14   UNNAMED
14 Sep 1928   150   h4   31   UNNAMED

1910 - 1919
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 7 Sep 1910    92   h1   67   UNNAMED
22 Aug 1916    75   h1    8   UNNAMED
 4 Sep 1919    52   ts   13   UNNAMED

1900 - 1909
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 1 Sep 1900    52   ts   55   UNNAMED
 7 Jul 1901    69   ts    4   UNNAMED
12 Sep 1901    58   ts    3   UNNAMED
22 Aug 1909    92   h1   54   UNNAMED

1890 - 1899
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
20 Aug 1891    98   h2    3   UNNAMED
17 Aug 1893   109   h2   38   UNNAMED
 2 Sep 1896    98   h2   19   UNNAMED
 9 Aug 1899   121   h3   28   UNNAMED

1880 - 1889
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
10 Oct 1887    69   ts   57   UNNAMED

1870 - 1879
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
13 Sep 1876    81   h1    8   UNNAMED
29 Nov 1878    69   ts   65   UNNAMED

1860 - 1869
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
30 Oct 1867    81   h1   25   UNNAMED

1850 - 1859
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
18 Aug 1851   104   h2   53   UNNAMED
 6 Sep 1852    69   ts    5   UNNAMED
26 Aug 1855    69   ts   42   UNNAMED

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: all dec peak 5yr rank

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