Surely but slowly the 2007 Hurricane Season is coming to an end, officially November 30. When living in the Caribbean this is as an important fact just like it is in Florida and neighboring states. Despite the fact that Aruba might be less of a target in regards to the common paths of hurricanes, Aruba’s mere presence in the Caribbean makes us belong in the wide area of hurricanes.

Having said that hurricanes are very rare in Aruba, in fact it is so rare that many tourism organizations advertise that Aruba is without a doubt outside the hurricane area. I was wondering that myself a short while ago as hurricane Felix was breezing (it just rained a little, despite the “dramatic” pictures of 2 inches of floods downtown Oranjestad), north east off the coast. I’ve made my own investigation with data provided by NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami. How common are hurricanes in Aruba? Please check it out.

Summary of 2007 hurricane season:

  1. Subtropical storm Andrea | May
  2. Tropical storm Barry | June
  3. Tropical storm Chantal | July/August
  4. Hurricane Dean | August
  5. Tropical storm Erin | August
  6. Hurricane Felix | August/September
  7. Tropical storm Gabrielle | September
  8. Tropical storm Humberto | September
  9. Tropical storm Ingrid | September
  10. Tropical depression Ten | September
  11. Tropical storm Jerry | September
  12. Tropical storm Karen | September
  13. Hurricane Lorenzo | September
  14. Tropical storm Melissa | September
  15. Tropical depression Fifteen | October
  16. Tropical storm Noel | October


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