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September 12 in storm history

35 storms in the historical record were active on September 12 — 23 hurricanes, 11 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Irma (2017), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 155 kt. Data: NOAA HURDAT2 best-track archive (2015–present on this site).

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2020s

Lee (2023) CAT 5 145 kt peak 09-05 → 09-18

Jova (2023) CAT 5 140 kt peak 09-04 → 09-14

Teddy (2020) CAT 4 120 kt peak 09-12 → 09-24

Sally (2020) CAT 2 95 kt peak 09-11 → 09-18

Earl (2022) CAT 2 95 kt peak 09-02 → 09-15

Paulette (2020) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-07 → 09-28

Olaf (2021) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-06 → 09-12

Francine (2024) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-08 → 09-14

Kay (2022) CAT 2 85 kt peak 09-04 → 09-13

Margot (2023) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-07 → 09-18

Danielle (2022) CAT 1 75 kt peak 08-31 → 09-15

Nicholas (2021) CAT 1 65 kt peak 09-12 → 09-17

Madeline (2022) TS 55 kt peak 09-11 → 09-25

Mario (2025) TS 55 kt peak 09-11 → 09-18

Norbert (2026) TS 55 kt peak 09-09 → 09-15

Karina (2020) TS 50 kt peak 09-12 → 09-18

Katia (2023) TS 50 kt peak 08-30 → 09-15

Ileana (2024) TS 45 kt peak 09-11 → 09-17

Rene (2020) TS 40 kt peak 09-06 → 09-14

Gordon (2024) TS 40 kt peak 09-11 → 09-17

2010s

Irma (2017) CAT 5 155 kt peak 08-30 → 09-13

Jose (2017) CAT 4 135 kt peak 09-04 → 09-25

Florence (2018) CAT 4 130 kt peak 08-30 → 09-18

Olivia (2018) CAT 4 115 kt peak 09-01 → 09-14

Kiko (2019) CAT 4 115 kt peak 09-12 → 09-26

Linda (2015) CAT 3 110 kt peak 09-04 → 09-14

Humberto (2019) CAT 3 110 kt peak 09-12 → 09-20

Otis (2017) CAT 3 100 kt peak 09-11 → 09-21

Orlene (2016) CAT 2 95 kt peak 09-10 → 09-17

Helene (2018) CAT 2 95 kt peak 09-07 → 09-17

Isaac (2018) CAT 1 65 kt peak 09-07 → 09-15

Karl (2016) TS 60 kt peak 09-12 → 09-26

Ian (2016) TS 55 kt peak 09-12 → 09-17

Joyce (2018) TS 45 kt peak 09-12 → 09-21

Paul (2018) TS 40 kt peak 09-07 → 09-14

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on September 12. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.