This is a list of hurricanes in

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in the

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Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

. Date : Storm name : Distance from storm eye-wall.

1950–58

September 2, 1951: Hurricane Hosa passes 60 miles to the north. October 5, 1954:

Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before striking the United States near the border between North and South ...

passes 45 miles to the south. September 22, 1955:

Hurricane Janet Hurricane Janet was the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the strongest North Atlantic tropical cyclone, Atlantic hurricanes on record. Janet was also the first named storm to have 1,000 deaths and th ...

passes miles to the south-east as a Category 2 hurricane August 30, 1958: Hurricane Ella passes 50 miles to the north.

1960–69

July 10, 1960: Hurricane Abby passes close to Barbados as a tropical depression. September 25, 1963: Hurricane Edith passes 30 miles to the north as a Category 2 hurricane. August 28, 1965:

Hurricane Betsy Hurricane Betsy was an intense and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida and the central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965. The storm's erratic nature, coupled with its intensity and minim ...

passes 40 miles to the north-east as a tropical depression. September 29, 1966: Tropical Storm Judith passes 20 miles to the north. All these hurricanes passed within 65 miles of the island's center. September 6, 1967:

Hurricane Beulah Hurricane Beulah was the second tropical storm, second hurricane, and only major hurricane during the 1967 Atlantic hurricane season. It tracked through the Caribbean, struck the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico as a major hurricane, and moved west- ...

passes 25 miles to the north as a tropical depression. September 25, 1968: Unnamed storm, 1968 passes 20 miles to the south as a tropical depression. July 26, 1969: Unnamed Storm, 1969 makes landfall as a tropical depression.

1970–79

October 1, 1970: Unnamed Storm, 1970 passes 25 miles to the north as a tropical depression. August 20, 1970: Tropical Storm Dorothy passes 45 miles to the north as a tropical storm. September 13, 1971:

Hurricane Irene-Olivia A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm, storm system characterized by a Low-pressure area, low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, Beaufort scale, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms tha ...

passes 50 miles to the south as a tropical depression. August 19, 1971: Tropical Storm Chloe passes 40 miles to the north as a tropical depression. October 2, 1974: Hurricane Gertrude passes 55 miles to the south as a tropical storm. October 7, 1976: Unnamed Storm, 1976 passes 60 miles to the north-west as a tropical depression. August 8, 1978: Unnamed storm, 1978 makes landfall as a tropical depression. August 29, 1979:

Hurricane David Hurricane David was an extremely deadly hurricane which caused massive loss of life in the Dominican Republic in August 1979, and was the most intense hurricane to make landfall in the country in recorded history. A Cape Verde hurricane that rea ...

passes 75 miles to the north-east. June 23, 1979: Tropical Storm Ana passes 60 miles to the north as a tropical storm.

1980–88

August 4, 1980:

Hurricane Allen Hurricane Allen was a rare and extremely powerful Cape Verde hurricane that affected the Caribbean, eastern and northern Mexico, and southern Texas in August 1980. The first named storm and second tropical cyclone of the 1980 Atlantic hurrican ...

passes just north of the island. July 23, 1983: Unnamed Storm, 1983 passes 15 miles to the north. July 25, 1984: Unnamed Storm, 1984 passes 50 miles to the north. September 8, 1986: Tropical Storm Danielle passes 65 miles to the south. September 21, 1987

Hurricane Emily The name Emily has been used for fourteen tropical cyclones worldwide, seven in the Atlantic Ocean, five in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and two in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Atlantic: * Hurricane Emily (1981) – crossed Bermuda *Hurricane Emi ...

passes 50 miles to the south. September 9, 1988

Hurricane Gilbert Hurricane Gilbert was the second most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Atlantic basin in terms of barometric pressure, only behind Hurricane Wilma in 2005. An extremely powerful tropical cyclone that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurri ...

passes 75 miles to the north-east.

1990–95

August 14, 1993: Tropical Storm Cindy passes 60 miles to the north. September 9, 1994: Tropical Storm Debby passes 20 miles to the north. September 14, 1995:

Hurricane Marilyn Hurricane Marilyn was the most powerful hurricane to strike the Virgin Islands since Hurricane Hugo of 1989, and the third such tropical cyclone in roughly a two-week time span to strike or impact the Leeward Islands, the others being Hurricane ...

passes 50 miles to the north-east. August 25, 1995

Hurricane Iris Hurricane Iris was a small, but powerful Category 4 hurricane that caused widespread destruction in Belize. Iris was the second-strongest storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, behind Hurricane Michelle. It was the ninth named storm, fift ...

passes 70 miles to the north.

2000–07

October 4, 2001

passes 25 miles to the south. October 7, 2001: Tropical Storm Jerry passes 30 miles to the south-west. September 23, 2002:

Hurricane Lili Hurricane Lili was the second costliest, deadliest, and strongest hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, only surpassed by Hurricane Isidore, which affected the same areas around a week before Lili. Lili was the twelfth named storm, f ...

passes 45 miles to the south. August 4, 2004:

Tropical Storm Bonnie The name Bonnie has been used for ten tropical cyclones worldwide, eight in the Atlantic Ocean (one of which crossed over into the eastern Pacific Ocean) and one each in the Western Pacific and the Australian region of the Southern Hemisphere. In t ...

passes 20 miles to the north. September 7, 2004:

Hurricane Ivan Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, Cape Verde hurricane that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlan ...

passes to the south. (Then as a Tropical Storm) August 17, 2007:

Hurricane Dean Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense North Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of 2005, tying for eighth overall. Additionally, it made the fourth most intense A ...

passes 65 miles to the north. September 1, 2007:

Hurricane Felix Hurricane Felix was an extremely powerful Category 5 Atlantic hurricane which was the southernmost-landfalling Category 5 storm on record, surpassing Hurricane Edith of 1971. It was the sixth named storm, second hurricane, and second Categor ...

passes 70 miles to the south.

2010–present

*October 30, 2010 –

Hurricane Tomas Hurricane Tomas was a moderately powerful Atlantic hurricane which was the most recent storm in a calendar year to strike the Windward Islands. The nineteenth named storm and twelfth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, Tomas deve ...

skirts the southern coast of Barbados as a strong

tropical storm A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...

. Upon striking the island and the rest of the Windward archipelago, Tomas becomes the latest hurricane on record in a calendar year to impact the region. At

Grantley Adams International Airport Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) is the international airport of Barbados, located in Seawell, Christ Church. It is the only designated port of entry for persons arriving and departing by air in Barbados and operates as one of t ...

, a wind gust of 105 mph (165 km/h) is documented. The same station measured of rain. The strong winds knock down power lines and damage homes; an estimated 1,200 residences sustain damage as a result of Tomas. Overall damage amounts to US$8.5 million, though no deaths are reported. *August 3, 2012 – Hurricane Ernesto passes northwest of Barbados, though despite its proximity, brings generally minimal effects to the island. *August 18, 2017 -

Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest t ...

made landfall as a storm. Winds left residents throughout

without electricity, with the majority of outages occurring in Christ Church,

Saint Joseph Joseph (; el, Ἰωσήφ, translit=Ioséph) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. The Gospels also name some brothers of ...

Saint Lucy Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia ( la, Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ...

, and

Saint Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

. Flooding washed one house off its foundation, while water entered some houses, forcing some people to evacuate. Bridges in

Saint Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

and Saint Joseph were damaged. Additionally, a fuel depot in

Speightstown Speightstown (), also known as ''Little Bristol'', is the second largest City centre of Barbados. It is situated north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter. The City is named after William Speight, a member o ...

was flooded. Winds from Harvey ripped the roof off of a church. *July 23, 2020: Tropical Storm Gonzalo passes 12 miles to the southwest. *July 2, 2021:

Hurricane Elsa Hurricane Elsa was the earliest-forming fifth named storm on record in the Atlantic Ocean, surpassing Edouard of the previous year, and was the first hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed over the central tropical Atlantic, ...

passes just south of the island.

References

External links

*{{Official website, https://www.barbadosweather.org/
Always a near miss for Barbados
Barbados Meteorological Service & The Barbados Museum and Historical Society

Hurricanes A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...