Hurricane History Map

2006 North Atlantic season

10 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2006, from 10 June 2006 to 3 October 2006.

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Years2006
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 2006 season in numbers

The record holds 10 storms for the 2006 North Atlantic season, of which 9 had names.10 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 5 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 2 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 10storms
  • 10tropical storm strength or more
  • 5hurricane strength or more
  • 2major (category 3 to 5)
  • 79accumulated 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 2006

  • Gordon (2006)10 September 2006 to 24 September 2006, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Helene (2006)12 September 2006 to 27 September 2006, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Florence (2006)3 September 2006 to 19 September 2006, peak Category 1 (80 kt), 974 hPa
  • Isaac (2006)27 September 2006 to 3 October 2006, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 985 hPa
  • Ernesto (2006)24 August 2006 to 4 September 2006, peak Category 1 (65 kt), 985 hPa

All 10 storms of 2006

StormPeak
Alberto Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical storm
Beryl Tropical storm
Chris Tropical storm
Debby Tropical storm
Ernesto Category 1
Florence Category 1
Gordon Category 3
Helene Category 3
Isaac Category 1

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