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Hurricane Roxanne 1995

Category 3 hurricane · Atlantic · October 7 to October 21, 1995

Roxanne came ashore in Quintana Roo as a Category 3 hurricane on October 11, 1995, with 115 mph winds. With a peak of 115 mph, it ranked tied for the fourth-strongest of the 21 storms of the 1995 season. It produced 7% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Roxanne is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Roxanne (1995) from the best-track record, coloured by strength15°N20°N95°W90°W85°WVeracruzCampecheCozumelQuintana Roo, 115 mphPeak 115 mphFirst recordDepressionTropical stormCategory 1Category 2Category 300 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Roxanne (1995) over time, in mphTSCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 404080120Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 18Oct 20mph
  1. First record (tropical depression) 85 miles east of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  2. Tropical storm 170 miles north of Bilwi, Atlántico Norte, Nicaragua
  3. Hurricane 195 miles east-southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  4. Major hurricane 40 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico
  5. Peak 40 miles south-southeast of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico; lowest pressure 956 mb
  6. Landfall Quintana Roo
  7. Last record (tropical depression) 25 miles north-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind115 mph · tied 281st of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure956 mb · tied 225th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy16.2 · 325th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone13.2 days · tied 86th of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 1995 season

04080120160Roxanne

Storm 19 of 21 in 1995, hurricane 10 of 11; it formed after Pablo and before Sebastien. 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
Champotón, Campeche, Mexico11 mi75 mphOctober 11
Peto, Yucatán, Mexico14 mi90 mphOctober 11
Campeche, Mexico17 mi75 mphOctober 11
Tekax, Yucatán, Mexico23 mi85 mphOctober 11
Veracruz, Mexico24 mi30 mphOctober 21
Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico29 mi105 mphOctober 11
Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico35 mi115 mphOctober 10
Ticul, Yucatán, Mexico40 mi85 mphOctober 11

Every storm within 50 miles of Veracruz, Mexico

Similar landfalls in Quintana Roo

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Quintana Roo came closest to Roxanne's 115 mph:

  • Hilda (1955)120 mph, September 16, 1955
  • Delta (2020)105 mph, October 7, 2020
  • Beulah (1967)125 mph, September 17, 1967
  • Ernesto (2012)100 mph, August 8, 2012

All 31 storms with a landfall record in Quintana Roo

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