Official weather service for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite MartiniqueChecking warnings…For pilotsFor marinersGet alerts
Search the GMS website
Search pages, forecasts and articles
Search pages, forecasts and articles
Past tropical cyclones affecting the tri-island state.
Sample content — not an operational product
The archive listing on this page is not yet published from the GMS forecast system. The figures on this page are illustrative and must not be used for any weather, marine or safety decision.
| System | Year | Effect on the tri-island state |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Janet | 1955 | Direct hit on Grenada; severe loss of life and widespread destruction |
| Hurricane Ivan | 2004 | Catastrophic damage across Grenada; most housing damaged or destroyed, nutmeg industry devastated |
| Hurricane Emily | 2005 | Further damage while recovery from Ivan was still under way |
| Hurricane Beryl | 2024 | Severe damage on Carriacou and Petite Martinique; exceptionally early major hurricane |
The archive holds what was forecast, what was warned, and what actually happened. That record is how warning performance is assessed, and how the service learns which impacts were anticipated and which were not.
It is also the evidence base for planning. Engineers, insurers and planners need to know what the tri-island state has actually experienced, not what is typical for the Caribbean as a whole.
Grenada is less frequently struck than islands further north, which has historically shaped local risk perception. Ivan and Beryl are the correction to that: less frequent is not the same as unlikely, and a long quiet run says nothing about the next season.