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Current Weather
  • 80o F
  • 24 Hr Rainfall Accumulation 0 mm
  • Wind Speed 13.1 knots
  • Wind Direction NE
  • Humidity 62%
  • Pressure 1016.1 millibars
Today's Forecast As of 29 Mar 2024 8:13 AM
Isolated Showers
Morning
Isolated Showers
Min 73o F | Max 84o F
  • Isolated Showers
    Afternoon
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    Min 73o F | Max 84o F
  • Isolated Showers
    Evening
    Isolated Showers
    Min 73o F | Max 84o F
  • Isolated Showers
    Night
    Isolated Showers
    Min 73o F | Max 84o F
06:22 18:37
  • Northeast at 15 to 20 knots with some higher gusts.

  • Rough with a wave height of 5 to 7 feet.

    A small craft warning is in effect.

List Of Direct Hits

Hurricanes and Tropical Storms with Direct Hits on the Cayman Islands (1852 - 2021)

 

  • CPA - "Closest Point of Approach"
DateStormStorm Category at CPA

CPA 

Grand Cayman

CPA 

Little Cayman

CPA 

Cayman Brac

Max winds at CPA
07/10/1852Storm 5II74  104
27/09/1857Storm 4II67  96
09/10/1865Storm 4II 147104
10/06/1870Storm 6I 514177
30/09/1873Storm 5TS51292746
17/10/1876Storm 5II32  96
13/08/1878Storm 2TS   58
19/10/1878Storm 11I8  69
04/10/1879Storm 6TS40354858
13/10/1879Storm 5TS46  46
07/08/1880Storm 2I69  104
27/06/1886Storm 3TS 112058
08/07/1887Storm 5TS 655340
10/12/1887Storm 13I 463986
05/10/1891Storm 7TS28  52
26/08/1895Storm 2I30  98
20/10/1895Storm 5I41  104
26/09/1896Storm 4I25  102
16/10/1897Storm 5TS44  62
08/10/1898Storm 9TS21  58
28/10/1899Storm 8TS 21473
07/06/1901Storm 2TS 51269
14/09/1901Storm 7I 16975
12/08/1903Storm 2III124253121
14/10/1904Storm 3TS 19258
17/7/1909Storm 4TS43  62
07/08/1909Storm 5TS15  37
16/09/1909Storm 8I33243365
09/10/1909Storm 6II 6052100
09/09/1910Storm 3I34263481
21/11/1912Storm 6TS28  41
14/08/1915Storm 2III55916117
02/09/1915Storm 4I8  86
16/08/1916Storm 4I223645111
27/09/1917Storm 3III 3122115
04/08/1918Storm 1TS55  63
18/10/1927Storm 7TS40  41
31/10/1927Storm 6TS12242146
03/09/1928Storm 3TS48  47
13/09/1931Storm 8TS64  46
11/08/1932Storm 10IV59420132
02/07/1933Storm 18I55365383
17/07/1933Storm 15TS71  83
17/08/1933Storm 6TS10  46
21/09/1933Storm 3I33283552
03/10/1933Storm 2I38  85
27/09/1935Storm 4III 2214121
08/12/1938Storm 2I55  92
31/10/1939Storm 5I8343690
21/08/1944Storm 11I7445892
15/10/1944Storm 4I32  86
10/12/1945Storm 11I7572276
20/09/1947Storm 6TS 31540
19/09/1948Storm 7I7  89
16/10/1950KingI  6892
18/08/1951CHARLIEII58  104
14/10/1951ITEMI20  81
03/10/1953Storm 10TS  6640
23/08/1955Storm 5TS4  40
05/09/1955HILDAII165792
23/05/1970ALMATS1672140
20/09/1973GILDATS5615348
20/09/1975ELOISETS36151340
06/08/1980ALLANIV 2311142
07/05/1981ARLENETS38201146
05/11/1981KATRINATS21364683
13/09/1988GILBERTIV24  150
19/09/2002ISIDOREI5218969
30/09/2002LILITS 9473
08/12/2004CHARLEYI32445892
09/12/2004IVANIV22  155
17/08/2008FAYTS  7352
30/08/2008GUSTAVI52223394
11/07/2008PALOMAIV33139135
11/6/2020ETATS36474855
8/18/2021GRACETS8647856 Gust: 94
8/27/2021IDATS38445831
       
 Cat IVDistances in statute miles  
 Cat IIIMax winds at CPA in miles per hour  
  CPA has to be below 75 statute miles to be a direct hit