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Climatology
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Key West, USA (KEYW)
Location: 24.60N 81.70W
Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (24.60N, 81.70W) 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 Key West. 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 Key West and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Key West recently.
Projection: Island | Caribbean | Atlantic | World |
![[ts=tropical storm; h1=category 1 hurricane; etc.]](colorbar.png)
| 2010 - 2019 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
26 Aug 2012 58 ts 49 ISAAC
10 Sep 2017 132 h4 13 IRMA
3 Sep 2018 52 ts 62 GORDON
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| 2000 - 2009 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
26 Aug 2005 98 h2 39 KATRINA
21 Sep 2005 109 h2 46 RITA
19 Aug 2008 63 ts 7 FAY
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| 1990 - 1999 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
10 Oct 1990 52 ts 36 MARCO
15 Nov 1994 52 ts 0 GORDON
25 Sep 1998 104 h2 9 GEORGES
15 Oct 1999 81 h1 5 IRENE
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| 1980 - 1989 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
16 Aug 1981 40 ts 25 DENNIS
12 Oct 1987 75 h1 0 FLOYD
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| 1970 - 1979 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
19 Aug 1976 40 ts 22 DOTTIE
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| 1960 - 1969 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
10 Sep 1960 144 h4 49 DONNA
14 Oct 1964 109 h2 36 ISBELL
8 Sep 1965 115 h3 38 BETSY
8 Jun 1966 127 h3 47 ALMA
5 Oct 1966 92 h1 4 INEZ
2 Oct 1969 46 ts 34 JENNY
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| 1950 - 1959 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
3 Sep 1950 86 h1 50 EASY
3 Feb 1952 63 ts 15 UNNAMED
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| 1940 - 1949 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
4 Sep 1945 40 ts 24 UNNAMED
12 Oct 1947 92 h1 35 UNNAMED
22 Sep 1948 132 h4 6 UNNAMED
5 Oct 1948 104 h2 20 UNNAMED
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| 1930 - 1939 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
5 Oct 1933 109 h2 45 UNNAMED
3 Sep 1935 184 h5 51 UNNAMED
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| 1920 - 1929 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
21 Oct 1926 127 h3 37 UNNAMED
13 Aug 1928 69 ts 20 UNNAMED
28 Sep 1929 109 h2 50 UNNAMED
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| 1910 - 1919 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
18 Oct 1910 121 h3 56 UNNAMED
14 May 1916 40 ts 50 UNNAMED
16 Nov 1916 58 ts 16 UNNAMED
10 Sep 1919 150 h4 27 UNNAMED
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| 1900 - 1909 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
6 Sep 1900 69 ts 51 UNNAMED
20 Oct 1904 40 ts 55 UNNAMED
17 Jun 1906 86 h1 26 UNNAMED
18 Oct 1906 121 h3 29 UNNAMED
11 Oct 1909 115 h3 15 UNNAMED
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| 1890 - 1899 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
7 Oct 1891 52 ts 6 UNNAMED
10 Jun 1892 46 ts 52 UNNAMED
25 Sep 1894 92 h1 19 UNNAMED
1 Oct 1895 58 ts 30 UNNAMED
16 Oct 1895 40 ts 65 UNNAMED
10 Sep 1897 69 ts 18 UNNAMED
23 Oct 1898 46 ts 67 UNNAMED
30 Jul 1899 40 ts 63 UNNAMED
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| 1880 - 1889 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
17 Aug 1881 46 ts 36 UNNAMED
18 Aug 1886 75 h1 51 UNNAMED
23 Sep 1888 40 ts 49 UNNAMED
6 Oct 1889 46 ts 35 UNNAMED
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| 1870 - 1879 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
8 Oct 1870 104 h2 33 UNNAMED
20 Oct 1870 92 h1 63 UNNAMED
1 Jun 1871 46 ts 34 UNNAMED
19 Oct 1876 104 h2 14 UNNAMED
7 Sep 1878 69 ts 50 UNNAMED
21 Oct 1878 81 h1 45 UNNAMED
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| 1860 - 1869 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
15 Aug 1861 92 h1 33 UNNAMED
1 Nov 1861 69 ts 67 UNNAMED
23 Oct 1865 104 h2 1 UNNAMED
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| 1850 - 1859 |
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date wind cat. cpoa name
22 Aug 1852 104 h2 35 UNNAMED
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Key West, USA: all dec peak 5yr rank
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