Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Peak of the Season
Eastern Caribbean Region (ECAR)

Weekly analyses of tropical systems passing through the Eastern Caribbean Region.
In the two graphs below are the total number of tropical systems plotted which were passing by for each seven day period since 1851 or since 1944 through 2019. So it can be easily seen which part of the year is most active. Those tropical systems reaching hurricane strength are in red, and the 'big ones' (major hurricanes, or category 3 and up) in purple. A summary below the graph shows during which week of the year the most number of tropical storms passed by, as well as the peak of the season for hurricanes and major hurricanes. Between brackets the number of storms during that week, and the probability of it occurring (for example, if 2 hurricanes came close during that week over 10 years, the probability of a hurricane passing by for that specific week is one every 5 years).
See how this compares to all Atlantic storms, or for the Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean or the Bahamas/Turks&Caicos regions.

A separate part of the climatology section contains the actual storm tracks (all or per decade) and a 5 year analysis to find out if more storms have passed through the Eastern Caribbean Region lately. See also how the Eastern Caribbean Region ranks among other regions/islands.

Period: 1851 - 2019
category 3-5 hurricanes: purple; category 1-2: red; tropical storms: blue

Peak of the season (since 1851):
Most storms: week of 8/31-9/6 (36 since 1851 or 1 every 4.7 years) Most hurricanes: week of 8/31-9/6 (22 since 1851 or 1 every 7.7 years) Most major hurricanes: week of 8/31-9/6 (7 since 1851 or 1 every 24.1 years)

Period: 1944 - 2019
category 3-5 hurricanes: purple; category 1-2: red; tropical storms: blue

Peak of the season (since 1944):
Most storms: week of 8/31-9/6 (18 since 1944 or 1 every 4.2 years) Most hurricanes: week of 8/31-9/6 (10 since 1944 or 1 every 7.6 years) Most major hurricanes: week of 8/31-9/6 (5 since 1944 or 1 every 15.2 years)

Eastern Caribbean Region: all dec peak 5yr rank

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Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Peak of the Season Eastern Caribbean Region (ECAR)

Peak of the Season
Eastern Caribbean Region (ECAR)