Hurricane History Map

Venezuela storm history

65 storms have passed within 50 km of Venezuela from 1852 to 2022, 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 Venezuela

The record holds 65 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Venezuela between 1852 and 2022. The busiest month is August, with 24 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 13 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 65storms within 50 km
  • 4major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 17at 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 Venezuela?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression69%
Tropical storm2945%
Category 1711%
Category 269%
Category 335%
Category 400%
Category 512%
Unknown intensity1320%

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

Venezuela storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 7 in 1850s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2022, 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.

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PeriodCount
1850s7
1860s2
1870s4
1880s6
1890s6
1900s2
1910s7
1920s2
1930s2
1940s1
1950s3
1960s4
1970s6
1980s1
1990s4
2000s2
2010s4
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 24 in Aug.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr0May0Jun2Jul7Aug24Sep18Oct13Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr0
May0
Jun2
Jul7
Aug24
Sep18
Oct13
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Venezuela

  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1883 (North Atlantic)4 September 1883 to 13 September 1883, peak Category 3 (110 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of August 1891 (North Atlantic)16 August 1891 to 25 August 1891, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 961 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1894 (North Atlantic)18 September 1894 to 4 October 1894, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 985 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1877 (North Atlantic)16 September 1877 to 5 October 1877, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt)
  • Beulah (1967)5 September 1967 to 24 September 1967, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 923 hPa

Most recent storms near Venezuela

  • Julia (2022)6 October 2022 to 10 October 2022, Tropical storm (35 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 982 hPa
  • Gonzalo (2020)20 July 2020 to 25 July 2020, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 997 hPa
  • Bret (2017)18 June 2017 to 20 June 2017, peak Tropical storm (45 kt), 1,007 hPa
  • Bertha (2014)29 July 2014 to 9 August 2014, Tropical storm (45 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (70 kt), 998 hPa
  • Rafael (2012)12 October 2012 to 26 October 2012, Tropical storm (40 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 969 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 Venezuela with their own pages

  • David (1979)25 August 1979 to 8 September 1979, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 924 hPa
  • Beulah (1967)5 September 1967 to 24 September 1967, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 923 hPa
  • Charlie (1951)12 August 1951 to 23 August 1951, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 968 hPa
  • Joan:miriam (1988)10 October 1988 to 2 November 1988, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 932 hPa
  • Hortense (1996)3 September 1996 to 16 September 1996, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 935 hPa
  • Frances (1961)30 September 1961 to 10 October 1961, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 948 hPa
  • Edith (1971)5 September 1971 to 18 September 1971, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 943 hPa
  • Greta:olivia (1978)13 September 1978 to 23 September 1978, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 947 hPa
  • Irene:olivia (1971)11 September 1971 to 1 October 1971, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 948 hPa
  • Isidore (2002)14 September 2002 to 27 September 2002, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 934 hPa

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