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August 17 in storm history

23 storms in the historical record were active on August 17 — 15 hurricanes, 12 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Lane (2018), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 140 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Erin (2025) CAT 5 140 kt peak 08-11 → 08-27

Dora (2023) CAT 4 130 kt peak 07-31 → 08-17

Hilary (2023) CAT 4 120 kt peak 08-16 → 08-20

Genevieve (2020) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-16 → 08-22

Linda (2021) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-09 → 08-24

Fernanda (2023) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-12 → 08-24

Lala (2026) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-12 → 08-28

Grace (2021) CAT 3 105 kt peak 08-13 → 08-21

Ernesto (2024) CAT 2 85 kt peak 08-11 → 08-20

Henri (2021) CAT 1 65 kt peak 08-15 → 08-24

Fred (2021) TS 55 kt peak 08-09 → 08-20

Greg (2023) TS 45 kt peak 08-14 → 08-18

Fausto (2020) TS 35 kt peak 08-16 → 08-18

Ivette (2022) TS 35 kt peak 08-12 → 08-22

2010s

Lane (2018) CAT 5 140 kt peak 08-13 → 08-29

Harvey (2017) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-16 → 09-02

Kenneth (2017) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-17 → 08-27

Danny (2015) CAT 3 110 kt peak 08-17 → 08-24

Gert (2017) CAT 2 95 kt peak 08-12 → 08-18

Fiona (2016) TS 45 kt peak 08-16 → 08-24

Kay (2016) TS 45 kt peak 08-17 → 08-26

Ernesto (2018) TS 40 kt peak 08-15 → 08-19

Jova (2017) TS 35 kt peak 08-11 → 08-17

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on August 17. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.