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San Juan, Puerto Rico (TJSJ)

Location: 18.45N 66.00W

Tropical systems passing within 60nm (= 69mi.) of the island. Used latitude/longitude coordinates (18.45N, 66.00W) 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 San Juan. 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 San Juan and a five-year analysis to find out if more storms have passed close by San Juan recently.

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

2010 - 2019
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
22 Aug 2011    81   h1   11   IRENE
 7 Sep 2017   173   h5   42   IRMA
20 Sep 2017   161   h5   22   MARIA
29 Aug 2019    86   h1   46   DORIAN
24 Sep 2019    46   ts   46   KAREN

2000 - 2009
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
22 Aug 2000    75   h1   35   DEBBY
22 Aug 2001    58   ts   39   DEAN
15 Sep 2004    69   ts   27   JEANNE
11 Dec 2007    46   ts    2   OLGA

1990 - 1999
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
16 Sep 1995   109   h2   37   MARILYN
 9 Jul 1996    92   h1   50   BERTHA
10 Sep 1996    81   h1   65   HORTENSE
21 Sep 1998   115   h3   21   GEORGES
21 Oct 1999    63   ts   58   JOSE

1980 - 1989
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 8 Sep 1981    58   ts   11   GERT
 7 Nov 1984    58   ts   32   KLAUS
18 Sep 1989   127   h3   12   HUGO

1970 - 1979
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
16 Sep 1975    52   ts   42   ELOISE
 4 Sep 1979    52   ts   24   FREDERIC

1960 - 1969
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
  NO STORMS PASSED BY THIS PERIOD

1950 - 1959
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
23 Aug 1950    40   ts   46   BAKER
 8 Sep 1953    40   ts    8   DOLLY
12 Sep 1955    46   ts   52   HILDA
12 Aug 1956    98   h2   28   BETSY

1940 - 1949
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 6 Aug 1940    46   ts   41   UNNAMED
14 Aug 1943    46   ts   57   UNNAMED
 3 Sep 1949    46   ts   28   UNNAMED

1930 - 1939
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
17 Aug 1931    40   ts   40   UNNAMED
11 Sep 1931    86   h1    3   UNNAMED
27 Sep 1932   144   h4   19   UNNAMED
26 Jul 1933    86   h1   37   UNNAMED
 9 Aug 1938    58   ts   42   UNNAMED

1920 - 1929
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
19 Aug 1924    46   ts   39   UNNAMED
29 Aug 1924   109   h2   55   UNNAMED
 3 Aug 1928    40   ts   47   UNNAMED
13 Sep 1928   161   h5   26   UNNAMED

1910 - 1919
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 7 Sep 1910    98   h2   65   UNNAMED
13 Jul 1916    52   ts    2   UNNAMED
22 Aug 1916   109   h2   26   UNNAMED
 3 Sep 1919    52   ts   58   UNNAMED

1900 - 1909
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 1 Sep 1900    52   ts   68   UNNAMED
12 Sep 1901    58   ts    1   UNNAMED
10 Sep 1908    69   ts   52   UNNAMED

1890 - 1899
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
17 Aug 1893   115   h3   25   UNNAMED
14 Oct 1894    98   h2   55   UNNAMED
 1 Sep 1896    98   h2   54   UNNAMED
 8 Aug 1899   138   h4   33   UNNAMED

1880 - 1889
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
10 Oct 1887    69   ts   65   UNNAMED
 3 Sep 1889   104   h2   53   UNNAMED

1870 - 1879
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
22 Aug 1871   115   h3   49   UNNAMED
13 Sep 1876   104   h2   24   UNNAMED
28 Nov 1878    69   ts   35   UNNAMED
14 Aug 1879    46   ts   57   UNNAMED

1860 - 1869
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
30 Oct 1867    92   h1    8   UNNAMED

1850 - 1859
    date     wind  cat. cpoa  name
 5 Sep 1852    81   h1   49   UNNAMED
24 Sep 1852    81   h1   46   UNNAMED

San Juan, Puerto Rico: all dec peak 5yr rank

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