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September 6 in storm history

40 storms in the historical record were active on September 6 — 30 hurricanes, 20 of them major (Category 3+). The strongest was Dorian (2019), a Category 5 hurricane peaking at 160 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

Lowell (2026) CAT 5 140 kt peak 08-27 → 09-11

Franklin (2023) CAT 4 130 kt peak 08-19 → 09-09

Kiko (2025) CAT 4 125 kt peak 08-31 → 09-11

Karina (2026) CAT 4 125 kt peak 08-27 → 09-07

Idalia (2023) CAT 4 115 kt peak 08-26 → 09-08

Larry (2021) CAT 3 110 kt peak 08-31 → 09-11

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

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

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

Marie (2026) CAT 2 85 kt peak 09-01 → 09-08

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

Lorena (2025) CAT 1 75 kt peak 09-02 → 09-07

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

Javier (2022) TS 45 kt peak 08-31 → 09-07

Julio (2020) TS 40 kt peak 09-04 → 09-07

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

Omar (2020) TS 35 kt peak 08-30 → 09-06

2010s

Dorian (2019) CAT 5 160 kt peak 08-24 → 09-09

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

Jimena (2015) CAT 4 135 kt peak 08-25 → 09-10

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

Norman (2018) CAT 4 130 kt peak 08-27 → 09-10

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

Ignacio (2015) CAT 4 125 kt peak 08-23 → 09-08

Lester (2016) CAT 4 125 kt peak 08-24 → 09-08

Kilo (2015) CAT 4 120 kt peak 08-20 → 09-11

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

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

Juliette (2019) CAT 3 110 kt peak 09-01 → 09-09

Katia (2017) CAT 2 90 kt peak 09-05 → 09-09

Newton (2016) CAT 1 80 kt peak 09-04 → 09-08

Fred (2015) CAT 1 75 kt peak 08-30 → 09-06

Hermine (2016) CAT 1 70 kt peak 08-28 → 09-08

Gordon (2018) TS 60 kt peak 09-02 → 09-07

Gabrielle (2019) TS 55 kt peak 09-03 → 09-11

Kevin (2015) TS 50 kt peak 08-31 → 09-06

Grace (2015) TS 50 kt peak 09-05 → 09-09

Akoni (2019) TS 35 kt peak 09-03 → 09-06

Peak winds are lifetime maxima from the NOAA best-track archive, not necessarily the intensity on September 6. Browse all-time records or seasons year by year.