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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Adjuntas, PR

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

57 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico since 1851, 27 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ernesto in 2024. Since 1950, 7 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
27

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
30

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
7

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Adjuntas

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2024ErnestoAug 1475 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 2
2022FionaSep 1825 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
2021FredAug 1147 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2020LauraAug 2225 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
2017MariaSep 2018 miCategory 3 (120 mph)Category 5
2015ErikaAug 2847 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
2014BerthaAug 249 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
2011IreneAug 2232 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 3
2007OlgaDec 1113 miTropical storm (48 mph)Tropical storm
2006IokeAug 2749 miCategory 5 (161 mph)Category 5
2004JeanneSep 1510 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
2000DebbyAug 2268 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 1
1999DoraAug 1948 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 4
1998GeorgesSep 224 miCategory 2 (106 mph)Category 4
1996HortenseSep 1016 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 4
1989HugoSep 1860 miCategory 3 (123 mph)Category 5
1984KlausNov 759 miTropical storm (49 mph)Category 1
1981GertSep 833 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1979FredericSep 46 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1975EloiseSep 1670 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 3
1967SarahSep 1417 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 4
1961FrancesOct 271 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1958GerdaSep 1473 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1956BetsyAug 1215 miCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 3
1953DollySep 842 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 1
1950BakerAug 2345 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormSep 2165 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1949Unnamed 1949 stormSep 375 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1943Unnamed 1943 stormOct 1463 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 2
1940Unnamed 1940 stormAug 668 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1938Unnamed 1938 stormAug 965 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1932Unnamed 1932 stormSep 271 miCategory 3 (110 mph)Category 4
1931Unnamed 1931 stormSep 1122 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 2
1930Unnamed 1930 stormSep 249 miCategory 3 (115 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 1310 miCategory 4 (143 mph)Category 5
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 474 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1926Unnamed 1926 stormJul 2329 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 4
1919Unnamed 1919 stormSep 319 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 4
1916Unnamed 1916 stormAug 226 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 2
1916Unnamed 1916 stormJul 1346 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 2
1910Unnamed 1910 stormSep 742 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 2
1909Unnamed 1909 stormAug 2248 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 3
1901Unnamed 1901 stormSep 1221 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1901Unnamed 1901 stormJul 729 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1900Unnamed 1900 stormSep 144 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1899Unnamed 1899 stormAug 87 miCategory 4 (130 mph)Category 4
1898Unnamed 1898 stormOct 2854 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 110 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 1713 miCategory 2 (107 mph)Category 3
1891Unnamed 1891 stormAug 2052 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormNov 2921 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 13overheadCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 3
1867Unnamed 1867 stormOct 307 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1855Unnamed 1855 stormAug 2661 miTropical storm (69 mph)Tropical storm
1852Unnamed 1852 stormSep 2471 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 1
1852Unnamed 1852 stormSep 510 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 1
1851Unnamed 1851 stormAug 1853 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 Adjuntas: 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 Adjuntas

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s3
  • 1990s2
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 1, 2022EF119 mi0.35 mi0 / 0
Jul 27, 2019EF020 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Nov 18, 2016EF024 mi0.62 mi0 / 0
Sep 13, 2012EF011 mi0.02 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1999F024 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jul 20, 1999F024 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 28, 1959F06 mi0.2 mi0 / 0

The strongest 7 of 7, 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 Adjuntas 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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