Hurricane History Map

United States Minor Outlying Islands storm history

37 storms have passed within 50 km of United States Minor Outlying Islands from 1857 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 United States Minor Outlying Islands

The record holds 37 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of United States Minor Outlying Islands between 1857 and 2026. The busiest month is August, with 14 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 2 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 37storms within 50 km
  • 4major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 16at 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 United States Minor Outlying Islands?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression616%
Tropical storm1335%
Category 1719%
Category 2514%
Category 313%
Category 425%
Category 513%
Unknown intensity25%

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

United States Minor Outlying Islands storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 5 in 1990s.1850s1870s1900s1920s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1857, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s2
1860s1
1870s3
1880s1
1900s4
1910s2
1920s1
1930s1
1960s2
1970s3
1980s3
1990s5
2000s5
2010s2
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 14 in Aug.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr0May0Jun0Jul2Aug14Sep11Oct5Nov3Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun0
Jul2
Aug14
Sep11
Oct5
Nov3
Dec1

Strongest storms near United States Minor Outlying Islands

  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Ioke (2006)16 August 2006 to 7 September 2006, Category 4 (135 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 900 hPa
  • Sarah (1967)8 September 1967 to 23 September 1967, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Dan (1992)23 October 1992 to 5 November 1992, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 935 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1915 (North Atlantic)5 August 1915 to 23 August 1915, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, Category 2 (95 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa

Most recent storms near United States Minor Outlying Islands

  • Bang-Lang (2026)26 August 2026 to 31 August 2026, peak Category 1 (74 kt), 970 hPa, provisional
  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 967 hPa
  • Choi-Wan (2015)1 October 2015 to 11 October 2015, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 960 hPa
  • Tomas (2010)29 October 2010 to 10 November 2010, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 982 hPa
  • Gustav (2008)25 August 2008 to 5 September 2008, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 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 United States Minor Outlying Islands with their own pages

  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Ioke (2006)16 August 2006 to 7 September 2006, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 900 hPa
  • Sarah (1967)8 September 1967 to 23 September 1967, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 930 hPa
  • Dan (1992)23 October 1992 to 5 November 1992, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 935 hPa
  • Cleo (1964)20 August 1964 to 11 September 1964, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 938 hPa
  • John (1994)10 August 1994 to 10 September 1994, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 929 hPa
  • Ekeka (1992)26 January 1992 to 9 February 1992, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 990 hPa
  • Gustav (2008)25 August 2008 to 5 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Grace (2021)13 August 2021 to 21 August 2021, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 967 hPa
  • Wendy (1971)3 September 1971 to 15 September 1971, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 915 hPa
  • Sibyl (1992)4 September 1992 to 19 September 1992, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 940 hPa

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