Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (MWCR)

Location: 19.28N 81.35W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (19.28N, 81.35W) 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 Grand Cayman (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 Grand Cayman and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Grand Cayman recently.

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

1851 - 2019

date wind cat. cpoa name 28 Sep 1857 104 h2 66 UNNAMED 10 Sep 1865 104 h2 60 UNNAMED 2 Oct 1873 58 ts 50 UNNAMED 18 Oct 1876 104 h2 29 UNNAMED 20 Oct 1878 81 h1 9 UNNAMED 4 Oct 1879 46 ts 47 UNNAMED 13 Oct 1879 58 ts 46 UNNAMED 8 Aug 1880 104 h2 68 UNNAMED 5 Oct 1891 52 ts 29 UNNAMED 7 Jun 1894 40 ts 9 UNNAMED 26 Aug 1895 98 h2 30 UNNAMED 20 Oct 1895 104 h2 42 UNNAMED 27 Sep 1896 104 h2 23 UNNAMED 18 Oct 1897 69 ts 45 UNNAMED 8 Oct 1898 58 ts 18 UNNAMED 6 Jul 1901 69 ts 60 UNNAMED 14 Sep 1901 75 h1 69 UNNAMED 12 Aug 1903 121 h3 12 UNNAMED 18 Jul 1909 63 ts 44 UNNAMED 7 Aug 1909 40 ts 16 UNNAMED 16 Sep 1909 69 ts 31 UNNAMED 9 Oct 1909 104 h2 52 UNNAMED 9 Sep 1910 81 h1 32 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1912 46 ts 28 UNNAMED 14 Aug 1915 121 h3 52 UNNAMED 2 Sep 1915 75 h1 16 UNNAMED 16 Aug 1916 92 h1 50 UNNAMED 4 Aug 1918 58 ts 25 UNNAMED 18 Oct 1927 46 ts 29 UNNAMED 9 Nov 1932 155 h4 51 UNNAMED 2 Jul 1933 98 h2 39 UNNAMED 17 Aug 1933 40 ts 11 UNNAMED 3 Oct 1933 86 h1 23 UNNAMED 12 Aug 1938 98 h2 14 UNNAMED 1 Nov 1939 92 h1 6 UNNAMED 21 Aug 1944 86 h1 17 UNNAMED 16 Oct 1944 104 h2 29 UNNAMED 20 Sep 1948 127 h3 11 UNNAMED 19 Aug 1951 92 h1 39 CHARLIE 14 Oct 1951 63 ts 45 ITEM 24 Oct 1952 138 h4 36 FOX 15 Sep 1955 86 h1 0 HILDA 14 Aug 1969 58 ts 29 CAMILLE 19 Sep 1975 40 ts 36 ELOISE 7 Aug 1980 155 h4 54 ALLEN 7 May 1981 40 ts 36 ARLENE 5 Nov 1981 86 h1 17 KATRINA 13 Sep 1988 144 h4 23 GILBERT 19 Sep 2002 69 ts 52 ISIDORE 12 Aug 2004 92 h1 32 CHARLEY 12 Sep 2004 155 h4 28 IVAN 30 Aug 2008 98 h2 46 GUSTAV 8 Nov 2008 127 h3 30 PALOMA

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands: all dec peak 5yr rank

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