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October 16 in storm history

9 storms in the historical record were active on October 16 — 6 hurricanes, 6 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Simon (2026), a Category 4 hurricane peaking at 135 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Simon (2026) CAT 4 135 kt peak 10-07 → 10-16

Trudy (2026) CAT 3 105 kt peak 10-13 → 10-20

Epsilon (2020) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-16 → 10-26

Sean (2023) TS 40 kt peak 10-10 → 10-16

2010s

Olaf (2015) CAT 4 130 kt peak 10-15 → 10-28

Nicole (2016) CAT 4 120 kt peak 10-04 → 10-19

Ophelia (2017) CAT 3 100 kt peak 10-06 → 10-17

Tara (2018) TS 55 kt peak 10-14 → 10-16

Ema (2019) TS 45 kt peak 10-11 → 10-16

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on October 16. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.