Hurricanes in Mauritania
Hurricanes occur rarely in Mauritania. On average, they happen about once per year. The hardest hit regions are Trarza and Guidimaka.The hurricane season usually lasts from early June to late November.
The most severe hurricane to make landfall in Mauritania in the past 12 months was »Hermine«. It reached a wind speed of up to 46 km/h on September 22, 2022 at 3:00 pm local time near Rosso and was 83 kilometers in diameter at the time. According to the internationally accepted Saffir-Simpson classification, this corresponded to a tropical depression hurricane. On the open sea, speeds of up to 65 km/h were measured (tropical storm).
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Most violent hurricanes in Mauritania since 2018
Hermine: September 23-26, 2022
Wind speed:
max. 65 km/h
Diameter:
max. 370 km
Air pressure:
below 1003 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
The hurricane did not make direct landfall in Mauritania. On September 25th, 2022 at 12:00 am it had the shortest distance at about 264 km northeast of Nouâdhibou in Dakhlet Nouadhibou.
Hermine: September 21-25, 2022
Wind speed:
max. 65 km/h
on land:
max. 46 km/h
Diameter:
max. 333 km
Air pressure:
below 1002 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Guidimaka
Trarza
Guidimaka
Trarza
Rene: September 6-14, 2020
Wind speed:
max. 74 km/h
on land:
max. 56 km/h
Diameter:
max. 889 km
Air pressure:
below 1001 mbar
Saffir-Simpson scale:
tropical storm
Affected regions
Trarza
Trarza
These evaluations are based on data from the National Centers for Environmental Information of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Individual data have been summarized or translated.
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