Every Atlantic storm since 1851
The 2,004 tropical storms and hurricanes NOAA has recorded in the Atlantic since 1851, with their full tracks and how close each one came to Roatán. Move over a track to see which one it is.
Three questions this tool answers: has one already come close? in which month? and that one storm — where did it go?
Matching storms
Month it passed
MITCH was a category 5 — but a category 2 when it passed Roatán. This chooses which of the two every count uses.
El Niño years are quieter here: 0.40 storms a year against 2.14 in La Niña, over the satellite era.
Since
Before 1966, a storm that crossed no ship went unrecorded. The older the window, the more it under-counts.
Strength
- Tropical storm or less Nadine 2024 123 km from Roatán · Oct 19, 2024
- Tropical storm or less Sara 2024 18 km from Roatán · Nov 16, 2024 wind on the island
- Category 1 Lisa 2022 91 km from Roatán · Nov 2, 2022 wind on the island
- Tropical storm or less Marco 2020 277 km from Roatán · Aug 21, 2020
- Tropical storm or less Nana 2020 83 km from Roatán · Sep 3, 2020
- Tropical storm or less Gamma 2020 281 km from Roatán · Oct 2, 2020
- Tropical storm or less Eta 2020 108 km from Roatán · Nov 6, 2020
- Tropical storm or less Iota 2020 278 km from Roatán · Nov 18, 2020
- Tropical storm or less Alberto 2018 266 km from Roatán · May 25, 2018
- Tropical storm or less Michael 2018 167 km from Roatán · Oct 6, 2018
- Tropical storm or less Franklin 2017 239 km from Roatán · Aug 7, 2017
- Tropical storm or less Harvey 2017 189 km from Roatán · Aug 22, 2017
- Tropical storm or less Nate 2017 195 km from Roatán · Oct 6, 2017
- Tropical storm or less Philippe 2017 282 km from Roatán · Oct 27, 2017
- Category 1 Earl 2016 118 km from Roatán · Aug 4, 2016 wind on the island
- Tropical storm or less Hanna 2014 29 km from Roatán · Oct 28, 2014
- Tropical storm or less Barry 2013 60 km from Roatán · Jun 17, 2013
- Category 1 Ernesto 2012 249 km from Roatán · Aug 7, 2012
- Tropical storm or less Helene 2012 132 km from Roatán · Aug 15, 2012
- Tropical storm or less Harvey 2011 60 km from Roatán · Aug 20, 2011
- Category 2 Rina 2011 197 km from Roatán · Oct 26, 2011
- Tropical storm or less Alex 2010 81 km from Roatán · Jun 26, 2010 wind on the island
- Tropical storm or less Karl 2010 225 km from Roatán · Sep 15, 2010
- Tropical storm or less Matthew 2010 72 km from Roatán · Sep 25, 2010 wind on the island
- Category 1 Paula 2010 197 km from Roatán · Oct 12, 2010
- Category 1 Richard 2010 61 km from Roatán · Oct 24, 2010 wind on the island
- Tropical storm or less Ida 2009 270 km from Roatán · Nov 7, 2009
- Tropical storm or less Arthur 2008 169 km from Roatán · May 31, 2008
- Tropical storm or less Sixteen 2008 149 km from Roatán · Oct 16, 2008
- Tropical storm or less Barry 2007 206 km from Roatán · May 31, 2007
- Category 5 Dean 2007 258 km from Roatán · Aug 21, 2007 wind on the island
- Tropical storm or less Felix 2007 121 km from Roatán · Sep 5, 2007
- Tropical storm or less Arlene 2005 278 km from Roatán · Jun 8, 2005
- Tropical storm or less Cindy 2005 223 km from Roatán · Jul 3, 2005
- Category 4 Wilma 2005 263 km from Roatán · Oct 20, 2005
- Tropical storm or less Gamma 2005 102 km from Roatán · Nov 19, 2005 wind on the island
- Tropical storm or less Chantal 2001 166 km from Roatán · Aug 20, 2001
- Tropical storm or less — 2001 251 km from Roatán · Sep 20, 2001
- Category 4 Iris 2001 79 km from Roatán · Oct 8, 2001
- Category 1 Keith 2000 178 km from Roatán · Sep 30, 2000
- Tropical storm or less Katrina 1999 34 km from Roatán · Oct 31, 1999
- Category 2 Mitch 1998 79 km from Roatán · Oct 29, 1998
- Tropical storm or less Dolly 1996 291 km from Roatán · Aug 20, 1996
- Tropical storm or less Kyle 1996 90 km from Roatán · Oct 11, 1996
- Tropical storm or less Allison 1995 267 km from Roatán · Jun 3, 1995
- Tropical storm or less — 1994 38 km from Roatán · Sep 25, 1994
- Tropical storm or less Gert 1993 129 km from Roatán · Sep 17, 1993
- Tropical storm or less Diana 1990 221 km from Roatán · Aug 5, 1990
- Tropical storm or less Karen 1989 173 km from Roatán · Dec 2, 1989
- Tropical storm or less Keith 1988 273 km from Roatán · Nov 20, 1988
- Tropical storm or less — 1988 156 km from Roatán · Aug 24, 1988
- Tropical storm or less — 1986 149 km from Roatán · Sep 1, 1986
- Tropical storm or less Hermine 1980 91 km from Roatán · Sep 22, 1980
- Tropical storm or less — 1980 13 km from Roatán · Oct 17, 1980
- Tropical storm or less — 1979 106 km from Roatán · Oct 12, 1979
- Category 3 Greta 1978 52 km from Roatán · Sep 18, 1978
- Tropical storm or less Frieda 1977 133 km from Roatán · Oct 18, 1977
- Tropical storm or less — 1975 189 km from Roatán · Sep 27, 1975
- Tropical storm or less — 1975 45 km from Roatán · Oct 29, 1975
- Tropical storm or less — 1975 154 km from Roatán · Nov 9, 1975
- Category 4 Carmen 1974 200 km from Roatán · Sep 2, 1974
- Category 2 Fifi 1974 23 km from Roatán · Sep 19, 1974
- Tropical storm or less — 1973 197 km from Roatán · Sep 6, 1973
- Tropical storm or less Chloe 1971 186 km from Roatán · Aug 24, 1971
- Category 1 Edith 1971 45 km from Roatán · Sep 10, 1971
- Tropical storm or less — 1971 218 km from Roatán · Oct 7, 1971
- Tropical storm or less Laura 1971 160 km from Roatán · Nov 20, 1971
- Tropical storm or less Ella 1970 226 km from Roatán · Sep 9, 1970
- Category 2 Francelia 1969 21 km from Roatán · Sep 2, 1969
- Tropical storm or less Laurie 1969 230 km from Roatán · Oct 17, 1969
- Tropical storm or less Abby 1968 134 km from Roatán · Jun 1, 1968
- Tropical storm or less — 1967 181 km from Roatán · Jun 10, 1967
- Tropical storm or less Alma 1966 184 km from Roatán · Jun 5, 1966
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Old counts are incomplete. Before satellites, a storm that crossed no ship went unrecorded, so the decades from 1851 to 1950 are under-counted. Comparing 1870 with 2020 on this map would compare the record, not the weather.
Where this data comes from
HURDAT2, the National Hurricane Center database: position, wind and pressure every six hours, 1851 to 2025. It is a work of the United States government, so it is public domain and free to reuse. We did not copy it: it is re-downloaded and recomputed, and a check verifies that our compact format returns exactly the same points as the original.
What this tool does not do yet
It draws and it identifies. What comes next, in order:
- Filters: by period, by intensity, by month, by distance to the island, and by name.
- A share link that replays the selection — without it, nobody can cite what they saw.
- An export of the storms on screen, because that is what separates a picture from an instrument.