Hurricane History Map

Nicaragua storm history

75 storms have passed within 50 km of Nicaragua from 1852 to 2026, 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 Nicaragua

The record holds 75 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Nicaragua between 1852 and 2026. The busiest month is October, with 29 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 11 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 75storms within 50 km
  • 9major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 21at 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 Nicaragua?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression1317%
Tropical storm3040%
Category 179%
Category 257%
Category 334%
Category 457%
Category 511%
Unknown intensity1115%

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

Nicaragua storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 9 in 1890s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1852, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s2
1860s2
1870s2
1880s3
1890s9
1900s3
1910s4
1920s3
1930s3
1940s5
1950s1
1960s2
1970s6
1980s5
1990s6
2000s7
2010s5
2020s7

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 29 in Oct.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May4Jun4Jul5Aug3Sep15Oct29Nov14Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May4
Jun4
Jul5
Aug3
Sep15
Oct29
Nov14
Dec1

Strongest storms near Nicaragua

  • Felix (2007)31 August 2007 to 6 September 2007, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Edith (1971)5 September 1971 to 18 September 1971, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 943 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa
  • Iota (2020)12 November 2020 to 18 November 2020, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 917 hPa
  • Joan:miriam (1988)10 October 1988 to 2 November 1988, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 932 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1941 (North Atlantic)23 September 1941 to 30 September 1941, peak Category 4 (115 kt)

Most recent storms near Nicaragua

  • Cristina (2026)6 June 2026 to 11 June 2026, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 1,004 hPa, provisional
  • Unnamed storm of October 2023 (North Atlantic)23 October 2023 to 24 October 2023, peak Tropical depression (25 kt), 1,007 hPa
  • Julia (2022)6 October 2022 to 10 October 2022, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 982 hPa
  • Bonnie (2022)27 June 2022 to 11 July 2022, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 964 hPa
  • Iota (2020)12 November 2020 to 18 November 2020, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 917 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 Nicaragua with their own pages

  • Felix (2007)31 August 2007 to 6 September 2007, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 930 hPa
  • Edith (1971)5 September 1971 to 18 September 1971, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 943 hPa
  • Eta (2020)31 October 2020 to 14 November 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 922 hPa
  • Iota (2020)12 November 2020 to 18 November 2020, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 917 hPa
  • Joan:miriam (1988)10 October 1988 to 2 November 1988, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 932 hPa
  • Beta (2005)26 October 2005 to 31 October 2005, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 962 hPa
  • Otto (2016)17 November 2016 to 26 November 2016, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 975 hPa
  • Irene:olivia (1971)11 September 1971 to 1 October 1971, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 948 hPa
  • Bonnie (2022)27 June 2022 to 11 July 2022, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 964 hPa
  • Michelle (2001)29 October 2001 to 6 November 2001, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 934 hPa
  • Roxanne (1995)7 October 1995 to 21 October 1995, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 958 hPa

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