Hurricane History Map

Netherlands storm history

57 storms have passed within 50 km of the Netherlands from 1851 to 2024, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

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 Netherlands

The record holds 57 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of the Netherlands between 1851 and 2024. The busiest month is September, with 20 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 7 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 57storms within 50 km
  • 6major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 23at 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 Netherlands?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression916%
Tropical storm1832%
Category 11018%
Category 2712%
Category 335%
Category 424%
Category 512%
Unknown intensity712%

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

Netherlands storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 6 in 1930s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1960s1980s2000s2020s

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.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s5
1860s3
1870s5
1880s4
1890s3
1900s4
1910s2
1920s1
1930s6
1950s1
1960s1
1970s6
1980s2
1990s5
2000s2
2010s4
2020s3

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 20 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar1Apr0May0Jun1Jul4Aug17Sep20Oct11Nov2Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May0
Jun1
Jul4
Aug17
Sep20
Oct11
Nov2
Dec0

Strongest storms near Netherlands

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1932 (North Atlantic)25 September 1932 to 2 October 1932, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1871 (North Atlantic)17 August 1871 to 31 August 1871, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 962 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1876 (North Atlantic)10 September 1876 to 20 September 1876, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 980 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, Category 3 (100 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa

Most recent storms near Netherlands

  • Ernesto (2024)11 August 2024 to 20 August 2024, Tropical storm (55 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 967 hPa
  • Julia (2022)6 October 2022 to 10 October 2022, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 982 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, Category 1 (80 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 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 Netherlands with their own pages

  • Irma (2017)30 August 2017 to 13 September 2017, peak Category 5 (155 kt), 914 hPa
  • Lenny (1999)13 November 1999 to 23 November 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 933 hPa
  • Georges (1998)15 September 1998 to 1 October 1998, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 937 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2014)11 October 2014 to 20 October 2014, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Bertha (1996)5 July 1996 to 17 July 1996, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 960 hPa
  • Frederic (1979)29 August 1979 to 15 September 1979, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 943 hPa
  • Joan:miriam (1988)10 October 1988 to 2 November 1988, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 932 hPa
  • Irene (2011)21 August 2011 to 30 August 2011, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 942 hPa
  • Edith (1971)5 September 1971 to 18 September 1971, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 943 hPa
  • Betsy (1965)27 August 1965 to 13 September 1965, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 942 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Irene:olivia (1971)11 September 1971 to 1 October 1971, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 948 hPa

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