List of West Africa hurricanes

This list of West Africa hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones which originated in the Atlantic and directly or indirectly affected the west coast of Africa or its surrounding islands, or both. Atlantic hurricanes seldom directly affect West Africa, the Cape Verde Islands, or the Canary Islands, since easterly winds carry the storms away from land, and most Atlantic storms that move off the African coast tend to be weak.

Tropical Storm Delta before hitting the Canary Islands on November 28, 2005

List of tropical cyclones

This is a list of tropical cyclones that have either made direct landfall in Western Africa and its surrounding islands or have come close to making landfall.

Before 1950

1950-1979

1980-1999

Tropical Storm Beryl

2000-present

Hurricane Fred at Category 1 strength over Cape Verde on August 31, 2015.

Monitoring stations

The Cape Verde Islands has only one tropical cyclone monitoring station in Sal.[35] In Western Africa, there are three tropical cyclone monitoring stations in Dakar, Senegal,[36] Bamako, Mali[37] and Niamey, Niger[38]

Climatological statistics

At least 31 tropical cyclones have affected Western Africa and its surrounding islands since records began in 1851. The majority of the storms affect West Africa and Cape Verde islands during the months of August and September which are the active months of a typical Atlantic hurricane season.[39]

Month Number of recorded storms
affecting West Africa
August 10
September 19
October 1
November 1

Deadliest storms

The following is a list of Atlantic tropical storms that caused fatalities in West Africa and its surrounding islands.

Name Year Number of deaths
Fran 1984 31
Delta 2005 19
Fred 2015 9
Beryl 1982 3

See also

References

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