For the next few days, Marilyn went towards the northwest. Marilyn was a Category 1-hurricane when the center of the storm passed north of Barbados. Marilyn passed over Dominica, and just southwest of Guadeloupe on September 14. The hurricane continued moving and made landfall in the U.S. Virgin Islands on September 15 with winds of . The center of Marilyn passed over Saint Thomas. After passing over Puerto Rico, Marilyn was back in the Atlantic Ocean on September 16.