Hurricane History Map

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base storm history

27 storms have passed within 50 km of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base from 1851 to 2024, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

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Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

The record holds 27 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base between 1851 and 2024. The busiest month is September, with 11 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 3 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 27storms within 50 km
  • 2major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 15at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression415%
Tropical storm622%
Category 11037%
Category 2311%
Category 327%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity27%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 3 in 1870s.1850s21860s11870s31880s31890s11900s31910s11950s31960s21970s21980s11990s12000s22020s2

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1851, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s2
1860s1
1870s3
1880s3
1890s1
1900s3
1910s1
1950s3
1960s2
1970s2
1980s1
1990s1
2000s2
2020s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 11 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul0Aug9Sep11Oct6Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul0
Aug9
Sep11
Oct6
Nov1
Dec0

Strongest storms near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

  • Flora (1963)28 September 1963 to 17 October 1963, Category 3 (105 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 933 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1873 (North Atlantic)25 September 1873 to 10 October 1873, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 959 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1886 (North Atlantic)12 August 1886 to 21 August 1886, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 925 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1894 (North Atlantic)18 September 1894 to 4 October 1894, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 985 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1908 (North Atlantic)21 September 1908 to 7 October 1908, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (95 kt)

Most recent storms near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

  • Oscar (2024)19 October 2024 to 22 October 2024, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 984 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Ernesto (2006)24 August 2006 to 4 September 2006, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 985 hPa
  • Debby (2000)19 August 2000 to 24 August 2000, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 993 hPa
  • Gordon (1994)8 November 1994 to 21 November 1994, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 980 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

Notable storms near Guantanamo Bay Naval Base with their own pages

  • Flora (1963)28 September 1963 to 17 October 1963, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 933 hPa
  • Inez (1966)21 September 1966 to 11 October 1966, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 927 hPa
  • Hilda (1955)12 September 1955 to 20 September 1955, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 952 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Eloise (1975)13 September 1975 to 24 September 1975, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 950 hPa
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Elena (1985)28 August 1985 to 4 September 1985, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 953 hPa

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