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Hurricane Activity
Western Caribbean Region (WCAR)

Weekly analyses of tropical systems passing through the Western Caribbean Region.
In the graphs below the number of tropical systems passing by are plotted for each 5 year period since 1851 and since 1945. This can show if there are more storms lately or which 5 year period in the last 150+ years was most active. Those tropical systems reaching hurricane strength are in red, and the 'big ones' (major hurricanes, or category 3 and up) in purple. A summary below the graph shows which 5 year period was most active, with the number of storms during that period between brackets.
See how this compares to all Atlantic storms, or for the Eastern Caribbean, Western Caribbean or the Bahamas/Turks&Caicos regions.

A separate part of the climatology section contains the actual storm tracks (all or per decade) and a weekly analysis to find out the peak of the hurricane season for the Western Caribbean Region. See also how the Western Caribbean Region ranks among other regions/islands.

Period: 1850 - 2019
category 3-5 hurricanes: purple; category 1-2: red; tropical storms: blue
Most active 5 year period since 1850:
Most storms: 1930-1934 (28)
Most hurricanes: 2005-2009 (12)
Most major hurricanes: 2005-2009 (9)

Period: 1945 - 2019
category 3-5 hurricanes: purple; category 1-2: red; tropical storms: blue
Most active 5 year period since 1945:
Most storms: 2005-2009 (22)
Most hurricanes: 2005-2009 (12)
Most major hurricanes: 2005-2009 (9)

Western Caribbean Region: all dec peak 5yr rank

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