Hurricane History Map

2002 North Atlantic season

14 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2002, from 14 July 2002 to 16 October 2002.

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Years2002
Ocean basin

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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 2002 season in numbers

The record holds 14 storms for the 2002 North Atlantic season, of which 12 had names.12 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 4 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 2 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 14storms
  • 12tropical storm strength or more
  • 4hurricane strength or more
  • 2major (category 3 to 5)
  • 67accumulated 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 2002

  • Lili (2002)21 September 2002 to 4 October 2002, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 940 hPa
  • Isidore (2002)14 September 2002 to 27 September 2002, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 934 hPa
  • Gustav (2002)8 September 2002 to 15 September 2002, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 960 hPa
  • Kyle (2002)20 September 2002 to 12 October 2002, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 980 hPa
  • Edouard (2002)1 September 2002 to 6 September 2002, peak Tropical storm (55 kt), 1,002 hPa

All 14 storms of 2002

StormPeak
Arthur Tropical storm
Bertha Tropical storm
Cristobal Tropical storm
Dolly Tropical storm
Edouard Tropical storm
Fay Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Gustav Category 2
Hanna Tropical storm
Isidore Category 3
Josephine Tropical storm
Kyle Category 1
Lili Category 4
Unnamed storm Tropical depression

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Other basins in 2002

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