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Kingston, Jamaica (MKJP)

Location: 17.93N 76.78W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (17.93N, 76.78W) 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 since 1851 for Kingston (for more details about individual storms skip to another page where storms are separated per decade). In the climatology section there is also a weekly analysis of the data which shows when the real peak of hurricane season is for Kingston and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Kingston recently.

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

1851 - 2019
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 6 Oct 1852   104   h2   50   UNNAMED
 9 Sep 1865   104   h2   48   UNNAMED
 5 Oct 1870    58   ts   69   UNNAMED
 2 Nov 1874   104   h2   22   UNNAMED
12 Oct 1879    58   ts   28   UNNAMED
 7 Aug 1880    92   h1   54   UNNAMED
19 Aug 1880    92   h1    1   UNNAMED
 8 Oct 1884    69   ts   50   UNNAMED
20 Aug 1886   109   h2    2   UNNAMED
25 Aug 1895    92   h1   39   UNNAMED
26 Sep 1896    81   h1   26   UNNAMED
31 Oct 1898    58   ts   36   UNNAMED
 8 Nov 1899    63   ts   18   UNNAMED
 5 Jul 1901    69   ts   56   UNNAMED
11 Aug 1903   121   h3   12   UNNAMED
12 Nov 1909    69   ts   63   UNNAMED
 8 Sep 1910    81   h1   30   UNNAMED
19 Nov 1912    92   h1   48   UNNAMED
13 Aug 1915   109   h2   31   UNNAMED
16 Aug 1916    86   h1   26   UNNAMED
23 Sep 1917   104   h2   25   UNNAMED
12 Sep 1918    40   ts   50   UNNAMED
 8 Nov 1924    46   ts   11   UNNAMED
11 Aug 1928    81   h1   68   UNNAMED
 2 Sep 1928    40   ts   19   UNNAMED
13 Sep 1931    63   ts   12   UNNAMED
29 Sep 1932    52   ts   16   UNNAMED
16 Jul 1933    40   ts   17   UNNAMED
29 Oct 1933    92   h1   61   UNNAMED
20 Oct 1934    46   ts   21   UNNAMED
22 Oct 1935    69   ts    9   UNNAMED
12 Aug 1938    81   h1   27   UNNAMED
 3 Nov 1939    63   ts   60   UNNAMED
20 Aug 1944   104   h2   27   UNNAMED
18 Aug 1951   127   h3    5   CHARLIE
15 Sep 1958    40   ts   44   GERDA
31 Aug 1974    75   h1   58   CARMEN
16 Sep 1974    40   ts   64   FIFI
 6 Aug 1980   132   h4   47   ALLEN
12 Sep 1988   132   h4    7   GILBERT
13 Nov 1994    46   ts    1   GORDON
 7 Oct 2001    86   h1   46   IRIS
29 Sep 2002    58   ts   58   LILI
11 Sep 2004   155   h4   40   IVAN
 7 Jul 2005   115   h3   59   DENNIS
19 Aug 2007   144   h4   44   DEAN
28 Aug 2008    69   ts    5   GUSTAV
25 Oct 2012    98   h2   12   SANDY

Kingston, Jamaica: all dec peak 5yr rank

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