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October 3 in storm history

26 storms in the historical record were active on October 3 — 21 hurricanes, 12 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Matthew (2016), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 145 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Sam (2021) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-22 → 10-07

Nolo (2026) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-13 → 10-04

Kirk (2024) CAT 4 130 kt peak 09-29 → 10-10

Marie (2020) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-27 → 10-10

Lidia (2023) CAT 4 120 kt peak 10-03 → 10-11

Orlene (2022) CAT 4 115 kt peak 09-28 → 10-03

Rachel (2026) CAT 3 105 kt peak 09-27 → 10-11

Isaac (2024) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-24 → 10-03

Leslie (2024) CAT 2 90 kt peak 10-01 → 10-12

Imelda (2025) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-26 → 10-06

Octave (2025) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-29 → 10-09

Gamma (2020) CAT 1 65 kt peak 10-02 → 10-06

Victor (2021) TS 55 kt peak 09-29 → 10-04

Philippe (2023) TS 50 kt peak 09-23 → 10-06

Paine (2022) TS 40 kt peak 10-03 → 10-07

Eleven (2024) TS 35 kt peak 09-30 → 10-03

2010s

Matthew (2016) CAT 5 145 kt peak 09-28 → 10-10

Walaka (2018) CAT 5 140 kt peak 09-26 → 10-07

Lorenzo (2019) CAT 5 140 kt peak 09-22 → 10-04

Joaquin (2015) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-26 → 10-15

Sergio (2018) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-29 → 10-12

Oho (2015) CAT 2 95 kt peak 10-01 → 10-10

Nate (2017) CAT 1 80 kt peak 10-03 → 10-11

Leslie (2018) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-22 → 10-14

Ulika (2016) CAT 1 65 kt peak 09-25 → 10-03

Ramon (2017) TS 40 kt peak 10-03 → 10-04

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on October 3. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.