Hurricane History Map

1963 North Atlantic season

10 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 1963, from 1 June 1963 to 30 October 1963.

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Years1963
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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.

The 1963 season in numbers

The record holds 10 storms for the 1963 North Atlantic season, of which 8 had names.10 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 7 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 3 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 10storms
  • 10tropical storm strength or more
  • 7hurricane strength or more
  • 3major (category 3 to 5)
  • 112accumulated cyclone energy

Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the squared wind speed of every position of 34 knots or more, divided by 10,000. It is approximate here because the winds are 1-minute equivalents, and it is mostly useful for comparing seasons of one basin.

Strongest storms of 1963

  • Flora (1963)28 September 1963 to 17 October 1963, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 933 hPa
  • Beulah (1963)20 August 1963 to 8 September 1963, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 958 hPa
  • Arlene (1963)31 July 1963 to 14 August 1963, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 969 hPa
  • Ginny (1963)17 October 1963 to 30 October 1963, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 948 hPa
  • Edith (1963)23 September 1963 to 29 September 1963, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 990 hPa

All 10 storms of 1963

StormPeak
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Arlene Category 3
Beulah Category 3
Unnamed storm Category 1
Cindy Tropical storm
Debra Category 1
Edith Category 2
Flora Category 4
Ginny Category 2
Helena Tropical storm

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