Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Cancun, Mexico (MMUN)

Location: 21.17N 86.83W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (21.17N, 86.83W) 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 Cancun (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 Cancun and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Cancun recently.

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

1851 - 2019

date wind cat. cpoa name 8 Oct 1852 104 h2 27 UNNAMED 28 Sep 1857 104 h2 0 UNNAMED 11 Sep 1865 104 h2 54 UNNAMED 2 Nov 1870 58 ts 11 UNNAMED 5 Oct 1873 104 h2 21 UNNAMED 29 Sep 1877 81 h1 25 UNNAMED 24 Oct 1879 46 ts 50 UNNAMED 9 Aug 1880 104 h2 26 UNNAMED 6 Oct 1880 58 ts 26 UNNAMED 16 Aug 1881 46 ts 30 UNNAMED 16 Jul 1886 69 ts 62 UNNAMED 20 Sep 1886 75 h1 53 UNNAMED 25 Jul 1887 98 h2 19 UNNAMED 17 Sep 1887 98 h2 1 UNNAMED 6 Sep 1888 81 h1 21 UNNAMED 25 Aug 1890 58 ts 23 UNNAMED 29 Sep 1893 98 h2 29 UNNAMED 9 Jun 1894 40 ts 55 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1895 98 h2 15 UNNAMED 23 Sep 1898 46 ts 63 UNNAMED 11 Sep 1900 46 ts 24 UNNAMED 13 Aug 1903 98 h2 32 UNNAMED 26 Jun 1907 46 ts 58 UNNAMED 8 Aug 1909 46 ts 29 UNNAMED 25 Aug 1909 104 h2 5 UNNAMED 28 Oct 1911 52 ts 33 UNNAMED 13 Oct 1912 69 ts 5 UNNAMED 25 Jun 1913 58 ts 6 UNNAMED 4 Jul 1916 81 h1 35 UNNAMED 17 Aug 1916 121 h3 41 UNNAMED 14 Nov 1916 69 ts 54 UNNAMED 18 Oct 1922 109 h2 41 UNNAMED 28 Sep 1924 40 ts 41 UNNAMED 25 Jun 1931 52 ts 40 UNNAMED 15 May 1933 46 ts 11 UNNAMED 22 Sep 1933 138 h4 65 UNNAMED 12 Jun 1936 46 ts 14 UNNAMED 15 Aug 1936 40 ts 13 UNNAMED 13 Aug 1938 92 h1 61 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1938 121 h3 65 UNNAMED 13 Jun 1939 63 ts 58 UNNAMED 18 Aug 1942 40 ts 51 UNNAMED 28 Aug 1942 104 h2 28 UNNAMED 20 Sep 1944 81 h1 8 UNNAMED 21 Jun 1945 46 ts 36 UNNAMED 20 Aug 1951 132 h4 60 CHARLIE 7 Oct 1953 40 ts 38 HAZEL 7 Sep 1961 98 h2 47 CARLA 17 Sep 1967 109 h2 45 BEULAH 19 Aug 1973 63 ts 8 BRENDA 21 Sep 1975 58 ts 31 ELOISE 7 Aug 1980 190 h5 49 ALLEN 14 Sep 1988 167 h5 34 GILBERT 21 Nov 1988 69 ts 3 KEITH 4 Jun 1995 58 ts 61 ALLISON 21 Sep 2002 127 h3 61 ISIDORE 11 Jul 2003 58 ts 21 CLAUDETTE 18 Jul 2005 132 h4 67 EMILY 21 Oct 2005 150 h4 17 WILMA 21 Jul 2008 52 ts 28 DOLLY 8 Nov 2009 98 h2 56 IDA 13 Oct 2010 98 h2 62 PAULA 27 Jul 2011 40 ts 56 DON 28 Oct 2011 63 ts 10 RINA 3 Oct 2013 63 ts 23 KAREN 7 Oct 2017 63 ts 60 NATE

Cancun, Mexico: all dec peak 5yr rank

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