Coastal locations

Mexico forecasts and tides

2 coastal locations in Mexico, each with its own forecast, nearest tide station, and storm history.

Mexico tropical history

Every Atlantic storm since 1852 that tracked within 150 miles of a Mexico coastal location, from the NOAA best-track archive.

Storms on record
201
Arrived at hurricane strength
75
Major hurricanes, last 50 years
9 of 22 all time
Direct hits
33 centre within 25 mi
Last major hurricane
Milton (2024)

Most recent storms

Storm Year Closest approach Strength at closest Peak strength
Milton 2024 115 mi Category 5 Category 5
Helene 2024 42 mi Category 1 Category 4
Beryl 2024 32 mi Category 1 Category 5
Idalia Direct hit 2023 10 mi Depression Category 4
Alex 2022 42 mi Depression Tropical Storm
Grace 2021 44 mi Category 1 Category 3
Eta 2020 141 mi Tropical Storm Category 4
Zeta 2020 31 mi Category 1 Category 3
Delta 2020 25 mi Category 2 Category 4
Gamma 2020 35 mi Category 1 Category 1

Hardest-hit stretches of the coast

Storms within 150 miles of each location across the full archive.

  1. Cozumel 183 storms · 63 hurricanes · 17 direct hits, last in 2023
  2. Cancun 179 storms · 67 hurricanes · 20 direct hits, last in 2013