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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Isabela, PR

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

61 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Isabela, Puerto Rico since 1851, 28 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ernesto in 2024. Since 1950, 19 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
28

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
33

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
19

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Isabela

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Isabela, Puerto Rico, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024ErnestoAug 1470 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 2
2022FionaSep 1834 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
2021FredAug 1162 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2020LauraAug 2243 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
2017MariaSep 208 miCategory 3 (110 mph)Category 5
2017IrmaSep 766 miCategory 5 (170 mph)Category 5
2015ErikaAug 2867 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
2014BerthaAug 255 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2225 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 3
2007OlgaDec 119 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
2006IokeAug 2769 miCategory 5 (161 mph)Category 5
2004JeanneSep 15overheadTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
2001DeanAug 2271 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
2000DebbyAug 2353 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1999DoraAug 1968 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 4
1998GeorgesSep 2228 miCategory 2 (107 mph)Category 4
1996HortenseSep 1029 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 4
1989HugoSep 1859 miCategory 3 (121 mph)Category 5
1981GertSep 828 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1979FredericSep 428 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1975EloiseSep 1653 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 3
1967SarahSep 1437 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 4
1961FrancesOct 274 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1956BetsyAug 128 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 3
1955HildaSep 1267 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 3
1953DollySep 829 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 1
1950BakerAug 2371 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1943Unnamed 1943 stormOct 1454 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 2
1940Unnamed 1940 stormAug 655 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1938Unnamed 1938 stormAug 945 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1933Unnamed 1933 stormJul 2671 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 1
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 2719 miCategory 2 (108 mph)Category 4
1931Unnamed 1931 stormSep 112 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 2
1931Unnamed 1931 stormSep 374 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1930Unnamed 1930 stormSep 363 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 142 miCategory 4 (139 mph)Category 5
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 459 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1926Unnamed 1926 stormJul 2435 miCategory 2 (102 mph)Category 4
1919Unnamed 1919 stormSep 327 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1916Unnamed 1916 stormAug 229 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 1345 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1910Unnamed 1910 stormSep 761 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 2
1909Unnamed 1909 stormAug 2265 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 3
1908Unnamed 1908 stormSep 1065 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1901Unnamed 1901 stormSep 122 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1901Unnamed 1901 stormJul 737 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 163 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1899Unnamed 1899 stormAug 82 miCategory 3 (125 mph)Category 4
1898Unnamed 1898 stormOct 2874 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 119 miCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 172 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 3
1891Unnamed 1891 stormAug 2061 miCategory 2 (101 mph)Category 3
1887Unnamed 1887 stormOct 1064 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1472 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormNov 2944 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1317 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1867Unnamed 1867 stormOct 3015 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1855Unnamed 1855 stormAug 2673 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1852Unnamed 1852 stormSep 2456 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 1
1852Unnamed 1852 stormSep 520 miTropical storm (69 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 Isabela: 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 Isabela

By decade

  • 2020s3
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s7
  • 1990s2
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Isabela, Puerto Rico
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 16, 2023EF114 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
May 1, 2022EF118 mi0.35 mi0 / 0
Jun 7, 1962F123 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 9, 2023EF05 mi0.25 mi0 / 0
Oct 1, 2013EF015 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Sep 13, 2012EF017 mi0.02 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 2011EF08 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Aug 25, 2009EF07 mi0.04 mi0 / 0
Aug 6, 2007EF017 mi1.28 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 2006F016 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 22, 2005F07 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Oct 16, 2004F016 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 19, 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 Isabela 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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