Hurricanes in Mexico

Hurricanes occur very often in Mexico. On average, they happen about 24 times a year. The hardest hit regions are Yucatan Peninsula, West and North.

The hurricane season usually lasts from early June to late November.

The most severe hurricane to make landfall in Mexico in the past 12 months was »Roslyn«. It reached a wind speed of up to 213 km/h on October 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm local time near Tomatlán and was 54 kilometers in diameter at the time. According to the internationally accepted Saffir-Simpson classification, this corresponded to a category 4 hurricane.

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Current hurricane: Arlene

On May 30, 2023 at 1:00 pm, hurricane »Arlene« formed in the Gulf of Mexico with an initial wind speed of 28 km/h. The storm system initially moved west at 13 km/h and reached a diameter of 259 kilometers. The storm was named Arlene on June 1, 2023 at 10:00 pm, when it was already in the mainland area of Mexico. On June 2, 2023 at 1:00 pm, it reached its highest wind speed to date of 65 kilometers per hour. This corresponds to a tropical storm.

On June 3, 2023 at 1:00 pm, Arlene made landfall near the city of La Esperanza in Cuba. At that time, the hurricane had a wind speed of 46 km/h and a diameter of 259 kilometers.

Arlene has since subsided and is no longer under observation by the authorities. Its last position was about 181 km northeast of Cuba.

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Most violent hurricanes in Mexico since 2018

Roslyn: October 20-24, 2022

Wind speed:

max. 213 km/h

Diameter:

max. 259 km

Air pressure:

below 954 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

Affected regions
West
North
Central-North
Northeast

Roslyn: October 17-24, 2022

Wind speed:

max. 213 km/h

on land:

max. 194 km/h

Diameter:

max. 370 km

Eye:

max. 37 km

Air pressure:

below 954 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

Affected regions
Southwest
West
North
Central-North
Northeast

Orlene: September 28 to October 3, 2022

Wind speed:

max. 213 km/h

on land:

max. 198 km/h

Diameter:

max. 252 km

Air pressure:

below 954 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

Affected regions
West
North

Orlene: September 26 to October 4, 2022

Wind speed:

max. 213 km/h

on land:

max. 148 km/h

Diameter:

max. 370 km

Air pressure:

below 949 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

Affected regions
North

Ian: September 22 to October 1, 2022

Region:

Gulf of Mexico

Wind speed:

max. 259 km/h

Diameter:

max. 845 km

Air pressure:

below 937 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 5

The hurricane did not make direct landfall in Mexico. On September 27th, 2022 at 7:00 am it had the shortest distance at about 144 km northwest of Isla Mujeres in Yucatan Peninsula.
Instead, the first landfall occurred near George Town on the Cayman Islands on September 26th at 4:00 am.

Ian: September 19 to October 2, 2022

Region:

Gulf of Mexico

Wind speed:

max. 250 km/h

Diameter:

max. 1482 km

Eye:

max. 93 km

Air pressure:

below 937 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

The hurricane did not make direct landfall in Mexico. On September 27th, 2022 at 1:00 am it had the shortest distance at about 302 km west of Isla Mujeres in Yucatan Peninsula.
Instead, the first landfall occurred near San Luis in Cuba on September 27th at 1:00 am.

Nora: August 24-30, 2021

Wind speed:

max. 139 km/h

Diameter:

max. 741 km

Air pressure:

below 976 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 1

Affected regions
Southwest
West
North

Marty: August 23-27, 2021

Wind speed:

max. 74 km/h

on land:

max. 69 km/h

Diameter:

max. 741 km

Air pressure:

below 1002 mbar

Wind speed:

max. 83 km/h

on land:

max. 46 km/h

Diameter:

max. 1111 km

Air pressure:

below 1001 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

tropical storm

Affected regions
West

Beta: September 17-25, 2020

Region:

Gulf of Mexico

Wind speed:

max. 102 km/h

on land:

max. 87 km/h

Diameter:

max. 741 km

Air pressure:

below 993 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

tropical storm

Affected regions
East
Northeast
Yucatan Peninsula

Laura: August 20-29, 2020

Region:

Gulf of Mexico

Wind speed:

max. 241 km/h

on land:

max. 124 km/h

Diameter:

max. 741 km

Air pressure:

below 937 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

Affected regions
Yucatan Peninsula

Genevieve: August 16-22, 2020

Wind speed:

max. 213 km/h

on land:

max. 167 km/h

Diameter:

max. 556 km

Eye:

max. 93 km

Air pressure:

below 950 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 4

Affected regions
Baja California

Cristobal: June 1-12, 2020

Region:

Gulf of Mexico

Wind speed:

max. 93 km/h

Diameter:

max. 815 km

Air pressure:

below 982 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

tropical storm

Affected regions
Yucatan Peninsula

Amanda: May 30-31, 2020

Wind speed:

max. 65 km/h

Diameter:

max. 1111 km

Air pressure:

below 1003 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

tropical storm

Affected regions
Southwest

Juliette: September 1-9, 2019

Wind speed:

max. 204 km/h

Diameter:

max. 222 km

Air pressure:

below 953 mbar

Saffir-Simpson scale:

category 3

The hurricane did not make direct landfall in Mexico. On September 1st, 2019 at 1:00 pm it had the shortest distance at about 611 km southeast of San Patricio in West.

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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