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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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