Current Hurricanes In Mexico

Hurricanes in Mexico On average, Mexico is hit by hurricanes 24 times a year. Sometimes, they do not make landfall in Mexico, but turn off to the north beforehand. Then only the foothills cause squalls and heavy rainfall. The most affected regions are the Yucatan Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea and the southern coastal area on the Pacific west coast.

The official hurricane season in the Pacific lasts from mid-May to the end of November. In the Atlantic, it begins just two weeks later and also ends in November.

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Situation in recent months

The most severe hurricane to make landfall in Mexico in the past 12 months was »Erick«. It reached a wind speed of up to 144 mph on June 19, 2025 at 12:00 am local time near Puerto Escondido and was 42 miles in diameter at the time. According to the internationally accepted Saffir-Simpson classification, this corresponded to a category 4 hurricane.

Current satellite image of the West Atlantic

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Tropical storms from Pacific and Atlantic

Tropical storms form over warm ocean waters. Mexico is doubly affected by this, as the west coast lies on the Pacific and the east coast on the Atlantic. The warmer the ocean water gets in the summer months, the more heat rises in the upper air masses. In combination with the earth's rotation, this results in the air vortices that can become full-blown hurricanes at the latitudes of Mexico. In the southern half of Mexico, the water in both oceans is warm enough for tropical depressions to regularly develop into hurricanes. In the northern parts of the country, water temperatures are only rarely sufficient to reach higher categories.

A hurricane is defined as a wind speed of 119 kilometers per hour or more, although the actual storm system only moves at a few kilometers per hour. Normally, a tropical storm only picks up speed slowly. The time it normally takes for a tropical depression to reach the destructive force of a dangerous hurricane is usually several days. In October 2023, "Otis" only needed 12 hours. Globally, this is happening more and more frequently. Climate change is also increasingly heating up bodies of water, making more energy available to evaporate water and thus set large air masses in rotation. On the one hand, additional heat energy causes cyclones to occur more frequently, but on the other hand it also makes them stronger and faster. Nevertheless, "Otis" is considered an exception for such rapid development.

Most violent hurricanes in Mexico since 2018

Flossie: June 23 to July 3, 2025

Wind speed:max. 115 mphon land:max. 38 mphDiameter:max. 529 milesAir pressure:below 962 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 3Affected regionsSouthwest

Erick: June 14-20, 2025

Wind speed:max. 144 mphDiameter:max. 380 milesAir pressure:below 939 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsSouthwest

Milton: October 4-10, 2024

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 173 mphDiameter:max. 460 milesAir pressure:below 901 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 5Affected regionsEastYucatan Peninsula

Nine: September 21-28, 2024

Region:Caribbean SeaWind speed:max. 98 mphDiameter:max. 898 milesAir pressure:below 942 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 2Affected regionsYucatan Peninsula

Alberto: June 16-20, 2024

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 52 mphDiameter:max. 575 milesAir pressure:below 993 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:tropical stormAffected regionsYucatan PeninsulaEastCentral-North

Otis: October 17-25, 2023

Wind speed:max. 167 mphDiameter:max. 345 milesAir pressure:below 923 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 5Affected regionsSouthwestWest

Lidia: September 30 to October 11, 2023

Wind speed:max. 138 mphDiameter:max. 345 milesAir pressure:below 942 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsWestCentral-North

Hilary: August 13-21, 2023

Wind speed:max. 132 mphDiameter:max. 829 milesAir pressure:below 939 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsSouthwestBaja California

Ian: September 22 to October 1, 2022

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 161 mphDiameter:max. 295 milesAir pressure:below 937 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 5The 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 northeast 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 MexicoWind speed:max. 155 mphDiameter:max. 46 milesAir pressure:below 937 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4The 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 east of Isla Mujeres in Yucatan Peninsula.Instead, the first landfall occurred near San Luis in Cuba on September 27th at 1:00 am.

Kay: September 4-13, 2022

Wind speed:max. 98 mphDiameter:max. 690 milesAir pressure:below 968 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 2Affected regionsBaja California

Javier: August 31 to September 7, 2022

Wind speed:max. 52 mphon land:max. 38 mphDiameter:max. 552 milesAir pressure:below 999 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:tropical stormAffected regionsBaja California

Alex: June 2-6, 2022

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 40 mphDiameter:max. 518 milesAir pressure:below 984 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:tropical stormAffected regionsYucatan Peninsula

Iota: November 12-18, 2020

Region:Caribbean SeaWind speed:max. 144 mphon land:max. 75 mphDiameter:max. 552 milesAir pressure:below 917 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsYucatan PeninsulaSouthwest

Eta: October 31 to November 14, 2020

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 138 mphon land:max. 58 mphDiameter:max. 506 milesAir pressure:below 922 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsYucatan PeninsulaSouthwest

Delta: October 4-11, 2020

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 138 mphon land:max. 109 mphDiameter:max. 272 milesAir pressure:below 953 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsYucatan Peninsula

Lowell: September 20-27, 2020

Wind speed:max. 29 mphDiameter:max. 690 milesAir pressure:below 1001 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:tropical depressionAffected regionsWest

Laura: August 20-29, 2020

Region:Gulf of MexicoWind speed:max. 150 mphon land:max. 77 mphDiameter:max. 345 milesAir pressure:below 937 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsYucatan Peninsula

Genevieve: August 16-22, 2020

Wind speed:max. 132 mphon land:max. 104 mphDiameter:max. 345 milesEye:max. 58 milesAir pressure:below 950 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:category 4Affected regionsBaja California

Amanda: May 30-31, 2020

Wind speed:max. 40 mphDiameter:max. 690 milesAir pressure:below 1003 mbarSaffir-Simpson scale:tropical stormAffected regionsSouthwest

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