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Hurricane Marilyn 1995

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · September 12 to September 22, 1995

Marilyn's 80 mph landfall in Dominica on September 14, 1995 ranks the second-strongest of the 3 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 115 mph, it ranked tied for the fourth-strongest of the 21 storms of the 1995 season. It produced 10% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Marilyn is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Marilyn (1995) from the best-track record, coloured by strength20°N30°N40°N80°W70°W60°W50°W40°WSan JuanDominica, 80 mphPeak 115 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Marilyn (1995) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Sep 13Sep 15Sep 17Sep 19Sep 21Sep 23Sep 25Sep 27Sep 29Oct 1mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 500 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  2. Tropical storm 445 miles north-northeast of Paramaribo, Suriname
  3. Hurricane 130 miles east of Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
  4. Landfall Dominica
  5. Major hurricane 90 miles north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico
  6. Peak 90 miles north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico; lowest pressure 949 mb
  7. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 460 miles south-southeast of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
  8. Last record 770 miles east-northeast of Hamilton, Bermuda

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind115 mph · tied 281st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure949 mb · tied 171st of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy21.6 · 213th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone9.2 days · tied 317th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1995 season

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Storm 15 of 21 in 1995, hurricane 7 of 11; it formed after Storm 14 of 1995 and before Noel. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of 5 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
Christiansted, the US Virgin Islands10 mi105 mphSeptember 15
Roseau, Saint George, Dominica14 mi80 mphSeptember 14
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France31 mi85 mphSeptember 15
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France33 mi80 mphSeptember 14
San Juan, Puerto Rico43 mi110 mphSeptember 16

Every storm within 50 miles of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Also peaked at 115 mph

Of 63 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Bertha (1996)960 mb, landfall in North Carolina
  • Isidore (1996)960 mb, no landfall record
  • Lili (1996)960 mb, landfall in Cuba
  • Emily (1993)960 mb, no landfall record