Hurricane History Map

United States of America storm history

799 storms have passed within 50 km of the United States of America from 1851 to 2026, drawn on the map and coloured by intensity.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

United States detail

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Storms near United States of America

The record holds 799 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of the United States of America between 1851 and 2026. The busiest month is September, with 256 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 5 strength. 51 of the storms have no wind speed in the record.

  • 799storms within 50 km
  • 112major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 337at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near United States of America?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression7810%
Tropical storm33342%
Category 113717%
Category 28811%
Category 3668%
Category 4435%
Category 53<1%
Unknown intensity516%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

United States of America storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 67 in 1970s.1850s1870s1890s1910s1930s1950s1970s1990s2010s

The 2020s only run to 2026, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1851, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

Show the numbers
PeriodCount
1850s36
1860s35
1870s37
1880s51
1890s45
1900s40
1910s35
1920s27
1930s38
1940s42
1950s56
1960s57
1970s67
1980s54
1990s42
2000s57
2010s40
2020s40

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 256 in Sep.Jan0Feb1Mar1Apr0May16Jun91Jul97Aug177Sep256Oct141Nov18Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar1
Apr0
May16
Jun91
Jul97
Aug177
Sep256
Oct141
Nov18
Dec1

Strongest storms near United States of America

  • Unnamed storm of August 1935 (North Atlantic)29 August 1935 to 10 September 1935, peak Category 5 (160 kt), 892 hPa
  • Camille (1969)14 August 1969 to 22 August 1969, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 905 hPa
  • Ian (2022)22 September 2022 to 1 October 2022, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 937 hPa
  • Michael (2018)6 October 2018 to 15 October 2018, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 920 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1856 (North Atlantic)7 August 1856 to 14 August 1856, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 934 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of August 1880 (North Atlantic)4 August 1880 to 14 August 1880, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 931 hPa

Most recent storms near United States of America

  • Isaias (2026)4 October 2026 to 11 October 2026, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 959 hPa, provisional
  • Edouard (2026)28 August 2026 to 3 September 2026, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa, provisional
  • Lala (2026)10 August 2026 to 28 August 2026, Category 2 (85 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 947 hPa, provisional
  • Bertha (2026)17 July 2026 to 24 July 2026, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 995 hPa, provisional
  • Arthur (2026)15 June 2026 to 18 June 2026, peak Tropical storm (40 kt), 999 hPa, provisional

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

United States of America ranks number 5 among countries and territories for the number of storms.

Notable storms near United States of America with their own pages

  • Camille (1969)14 August 1969 to 22 August 1969, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 905 hPa
  • Ian (2022)22 September 2022 to 1 October 2022, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 937 hPa
  • Michael (2018)6 October 2018 to 15 October 2018, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 920 hPa
  • Andrew (1992)16 August 1992 to 28 August 1992, peak Category 5 (150 kt), 922 hPa
  • Laura (2020)20 August 2020 to 29 August 2020, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Ida (2021)26 August 2021 to 4 September 2021, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 929 hPa
  • Donna (1960)29 August 1960 to 14 September 1960, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 930 hPa
  • Carla (1961)3 September 1961 to 18 September 1961, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Beulah (1967)5 September 1967 to 24 September 1967, peak Category 5 (140 kt), 923 hPa
  • Allen (1980)31 July 1980 to 11 August 1980, peak Category 5 (165 kt), 899 hPa
  • Iniki (1992)5 September 1992 to 13 September 1992, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 938 hPa
  • Bret (1999)18 August 1999 to 25 August 1999, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 944 hPa

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