NHC/TPC Archive of Past Hurricane Seasons
Hurricane Season Tropical Cyclone Reports
The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Reports (formerly called
Preliminary Reports) contain comprehensive information on each storm,
including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and
damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and
intensities).
Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico
1958-1994*
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2004
Eastern Pacific (out to 140°W)
1988-1994*
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2004
* Note: 1958-1994 for the Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico
and 1988-1994 for the Eastern Pacific are scanned images of the printed
reports. If you encounter problems accessing these reports, try setting
your browser to use Passive FTP:
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Hurricane Season Tropical Cyclone Product Archives
The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Product Archive is the
complete set of tropical cyclone text advisories and graphic images released
by the NHC during the hurricane season.
The tropical cyclone graphics archives are accessed through the Graphics
Archive link at the top of the individual storm archive pages (graphics
from the mid-2000 season and later are available).
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Hurricane Season Tropical Cyclone Monthly Summary Archives
At the end of each month during the hurricane season the NHC releases a
brief summary of the tropical cyclone activity during the month. These
summaries are viewed as interim to the Tropical Cyclone Reports, which are
much more comprehensive. The November summary reviews the
tropical cyclone activity over the course of the entire season.
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Hurricane Season Forecast Verification Reports
The National Hurricane Center issues every six hours a 72-hour track and
intensity forecast for all tropical cyclones in the north
Atlantic and east Pacific basins. Forecasts are verified by comparison
with a best-track post analysis of all available track and intensity data.
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Some Infamous Atlantic Storms:
Information on Hurricane History in the Atlantic
THE DEADLIEST, COSTLIEST, AND MOST INTENSE
UNITED STATES HURRICANES FROM 1900 TO 2000
(AND OTHER FREQUENTLY REQUESTED HURRICANE FACTS)
by
Jerry D. Jarrell(retired), Max Mayfield, and Edward N. Rappaport
NOAA/NWS/ Tropical Prediction Center
Miami, Florida
Christopher W. Landsea
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Miami, Florida
THE DEADLIEST ATLANTIC TROPICAL CYCLONES, 1492-1996
by Edward N. Rappaport and Jose Fernandez-Partagas
28 May 1995
NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC 47
updated 22 April 1997 by Jack Beven
Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense U.S. Hurricanes of the 20th century
Monthly Weather Review Atlantic Annual Summaries 1881-2000
Monthly Weather Summaries of the hurricane seasons for the years 1881 -
2000 are available from the
NHC Library.
The Monthly Weather Summaries were published by the U.S. Weather Service
between 1881-1973. Since 1974 the Monthly Weather Summaries have been
published by the American
Meteorological Society .
Hurricane Season Climatology
Average Cumulative Profile Throughout the
Hurricane Season
This article describes the progress of a typical
hurricane season in terms of the total number of tropical systems and
hurricanes produced throughout the year in the Atlantic and East Pacific
basins.
Past Tracks of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones
These are images of Atlantic Tropical Storm and Hurricane
tracks. For more information please see the book "Tropical Cyclones of the
North Atlantic Ocean 1871-1992", published by the Department of Commerce and
the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Track Maps for 1851-1910, courtesy of the
AOML/HRD Reanalysis Project
Note:
Images for 1921-present are GIFs of about 190K size or larger.
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(Compiled by the
Central Pacific Hurricane Center, Honolulu).
Hurricane Best Track Files (HURDAT)
The data format of these track files is explained
here.
The Atlantic Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000,
0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of
degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and
minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and
Hurricanes from 1851 through 2003. More information on this file is found in
NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC 22 "A Tropical Cyclone Data Tape for the
North Atlantic Basin, 1886-1983: Contents, Limitations, and Uses" by Brian R.
Jarvinen, Charles J. Neumann, and Mary A. S. Davis.
For detailed information regarding the re-analysis of the Atlantic
hurricane database - currently 1851-1910 have been completed -
go here.
(Also available from Colorado St. University.)
The East Pacific Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly
(0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in
tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in
knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms
and Hurricanes from 1949 through 2003. More information on this file is
found in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC 25: A Tropical Cyclone Data Tape
for the Eastern and Central North Pacific Basins, 1949-1983: Contents,
Limitations, and Uses - Mary A. S. Davis, Gail M. Brown, and Preston
Leftwich - September, 1984.
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