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Hurricane Iris 2001

Category 4 hurricane · Atlantic · October 4 to October 9, 2001

Iris's 145 mph landfall in Belize on October 9, 2001 ranks the second-strongest of the 24 storms with a landfall record there. No other storm of the 2001 Atlantic season matched its 145 mph peak; the season had 17 storms. It produced 10% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Iris is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Iris (2001) from the best-track record, coloured by strength10°N15°N20°N90°W85°W80°W75°W70°W65°W60°WSpanish TownBridgetownBelize, 145 mphPeak 145 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 400 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Iris (2001) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 504080120160Oct 5Oct 6Oct 7Oct 8Oct 9mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 110 miles east-southeast of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  2. Tropical storm 205 miles south of Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands
  3. Hurricane 85 miles south-southwest of Pedernales, the Dominican Republic
  4. Major hurricane 205 miles east-northeast of La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras
  5. Peak 35 miles south-southeast of Dangriga, Stann Creek, Belize; lowest pressure 948 mb
  6. Landfall Belize
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 60 miles southeast of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind145 mph · tied 85th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure948 mb · tied 160th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy10.0 · 524th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone5.0 days · tied 880th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2001 season

04080120160Iris

Storm 11 of 17 in 2001, hurricane 5 of 9; it formed after Humberto and before Jerry. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
San Luis, Petén, Guatemala2 mi90 mphOctober 9
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11 mi35 mphOctober 4
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados25 mi35 mphOctober 4
Livingston, Izabal, Guatemala30 mi125 mphOctober 9
Dangriga, Stann Creek, Belize35 mi145 mphOctober 9
Puerto Barrios, Izabal, Guatemala39 mi130 mphOctober 9
May Pen, Clarendon, Jamaica45 mi85 mphOctober 7
Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica47 mi85 mphOctober 7

Every storm within 50 miles of Spanish Town, Saint Catherine, Jamaica

Similar landfalls in Belize

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Belize came closest to Iris's 145 mph:

  • Hattie (1961)150 mph, October 31, 1961
  • Richard (2010)100 mph, October 25, 2010
  • Francelia (1969)100 mph, September 3, 1969
  • Lisa (2022)90 mph, November 2, 2022

All 24 storms with a landfall record in Belize

Also peaked at 145 mph

Of 24 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time: