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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Corozal, PR

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

66 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Corozal, Puerto Rico since 1851, 33 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ernesto in 2024. Since 1950, 8 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
33

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
33

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
8

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Corozal

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Corozal, Puerto Rico, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024ErnestoAug 1452 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 2
2022FionaSep 1851 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 4
2021FredAug 1163 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2020LauraAug 2238 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
2019KarenSep 2461 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2019DorianAug 2869 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 5
2017MariaSep 203 miCategory 3 (128 mph)Category 5
2017IrmaSep 660 miCategory 5 (173 mph)Category 5
2015ErikaAug 2860 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
2014BerthaAug 272 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 229 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 3
2007OlgaDec 1111 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2006IokeAug 2757 miCategory 5 (161 mph)Category 5
2004JeanneSep 159 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
2001DeanAug 2260 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
2000DebbyAug 2251 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1999DoraAug 1956 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 4
1998GeorgesSep 227 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 4
1996HortenseSep 1043 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 870 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1995MarilynSep 1659 miCategory 2 (109 mph)Category 3
1989HugoSep 1834 miCategory 3 (124 mph)Category 5
1984KlausNov 740 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1981GertSep 89 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1979FredericSep 414 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1975EloiseSep 1656 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1967SarahSep 1425 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 4
1956BetsyAug 128 miCategory 2 (96 mph)Category 3
1955HildaSep 1264 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1953DollySep 824 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 1
1950BakerAug 2330 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormSep 349 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 3
1940Unnamed 1940 stormAug 554 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1938Unnamed 1938 stormAug 855 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1933Unnamed 1933 stormJul 2657 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 1
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 277 miCategory 3 (114 mph)Category 4
1931Unnamed 1931 stormSep 1114 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 2
1931Unnamed 1931 stormAug 1761 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1930Unnamed 1930 stormSep 266 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 139 miCategory 4 (151 mph)Category 5
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 360 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1926Unnamed 1926 stormJul 2351 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormAug 1962 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1919Unnamed 1919 stormSep 339 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 4
1916Unnamed 1916 stormAug 2211 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 1320 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1910Unnamed 1910 stormSep 753 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 2
1909Unnamed 1909 stormAug 2261 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 3
1908Unnamed 1908 stormSep 1067 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1901Unnamed 1901 stormSep 1210 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1901Unnamed 1901 stormJul 752 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 156 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1899Unnamed 1899 stormAug 814 miCategory 4 (135 mph)Category 4
1898Unnamed 1898 stormOct 2862 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 133 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 177 miCategory 3 (110 mph)Category 3
1891Unnamed 1891 stormAug 2073 miCategory 2 (105 mph)Category 3
1889Unnamed 1889 stormSep 373 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 2
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1472 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormNov 2826 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1311 miCategory 2 (99 mph)Category 3
1871Unnamed 1871 stormAug 2268 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 3
1867Unnamed 1867 stormOct 29overheadCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 3
1852Unnamed 1852 stormSep 2459 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1852Unnamed 1852 stormSep 530 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1851Unnamed 1851 stormAug 1868 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 3

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Corozal: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Corozal

By decade

  • 2010s3
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s1
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Corozal, Puerto Rico
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 30, 1974F122 mi2 mi0 / 0
May 5, 1969F115 mi1.5 mi0 / 1
Sep 30, 2019EF013 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Mar 26, 2017EF020 mi0.43 mi0 / 0
Nov 18, 2016EF014 mi0.62 mi0 / 0
Aug 25, 2000F012 mi1 mi0 / 0
Feb 23, 2000F018 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
May 1, 1995F016 mi0 / 0

The strongest 8 of 8, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Corozal while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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