Climatology

of Caribbean Hurricanes

Ambergris Caye (San Pedro), Belize (MZAC)

Location: 18.03N 87.90W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (18.03N, 87.90W) 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 Ambergris Caye (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 Ambergris Caye and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by Ambergris Caye recently.

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

1851 - 2019

date wind cat. cpoa name 31 Aug 1864 81 h1 31 UNNAMED 16 Aug 1866 92 h1 48 UNNAMED 31 Oct 1870 81 h1 13 UNNAMED 25 Sep 1874 58 ts 41 UNNAMED 12 Oct 1892 98 h2 50 UNNAMED 6 Jul 1893 92 h1 18 UNNAMED 16 Sep 1898 58 ts 19 UNNAMED 3 Nov 1898 46 ts 5 UNNAMED 2 Oct 1904 58 ts 10 UNNAMED 14 Oct 1906 81 h1 20 UNNAMED 1 Sep 1916 58 ts 1 UNNAMED 15 Oct 1916 109 h2 56 UNNAMED 20 Sep 1920 52 ts 34 UNNAMED 17 Jun 1921 52 ts 10 UNNAMED 18 Jun 1924 46 ts 3 UNNAMED 24 Jun 1931 40 ts 59 UNNAMED 15 Aug 1931 52 ts 57 UNNAMED 10 Sep 1931 132 h4 38 UNNAMED 14 Sep 1931 69 ts 36 UNNAMED 16 Nov 1931 40 ts 20 UNNAMED 9 Oct 1932 69 ts 7 UNNAMED 18 Jul 1933 52 ts 45 UNNAMED 13 Sep 1933 75 h1 23 UNNAMED 8 Jun 1934 69 ts 32 UNNAMED 28 Aug 1936 46 ts 60 UNNAMED 11 Oct 1938 46 ts 6 UNNAMED 12 Jun 1939 40 ts 22 UNNAMED 21 Sep 1940 52 ts 16 UNNAMED 8 Nov 1942 109 h2 16 UNNAMED 22 Oct 1943 40 ts 6 UNNAMED 31 Aug 1945 69 ts 37 UNNAMED 5 Oct 1946 40 ts 29 UNNAMED 28 Sep 1955 173 h5 26 JANET 31 Oct 1961 155 h4 50 HATTIE 11 Sep 1971 69 ts 24 EDITH 20 Nov 1971 69 ts 52 LAURA 2 Sep 1974 138 h4 39 CARMEN 22 Sep 1980 69 ts 10 HERMINE 18 Sep 1993 40 ts 35 GERT 1 Oct 2000 138 h4 11 KEITH 21 Aug 2001 69 ts 7 CHANTAL 21 Aug 2007 173 h5 48 DEAN 31 May 2008 46 ts 17 ARTHUR 26 Jun 2010 63 ts 41 ALEX 15 Sep 2010 63 ts 33 KARL 25 Oct 2010 98 h2 60 RICHARD 8 Aug 2012 98 h2 53 ERNESTO 4 Aug 2016 86 h1 43 EARL

Ambergris Caye (San Pedro), Belize: all dec peak 5yr rank

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