Hurricane History Map

2010 North Atlantic season

20 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2010, from 24 June 2010 to 10 November 2010.

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Years2010
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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 2010 season in numbers

The record holds 20 storms for the 2010 North Atlantic season, of which 18 had names.18 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 12 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 5 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 20storms
  • 18tropical storm strength or more
  • 12hurricane strength or more
  • 5major (category 3 to 5)
  • 164accumulated 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 2010

  • Igor (2010)8 September 2010 to 23 September 2010, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 924 hPa
  • Earl (2010)24 August 2010 to 6 September 2010, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 927 hPa
  • Julia (2010)12 September 2010 to 24 September 2010, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 948 hPa
  • Danielle (2010)21 August 2010 to 3 September 2010, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 942 hPa
  • Karl (2010)13 September 2010 to 18 September 2010, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 956 hPa

All 20 storms of 2010

StormPeak
Alex Category 2
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Bonnie Tropical storm
Colin Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Danielle Category 4
Earl Category 4
Fiona Tropical storm
Gaston Tropical storm
Igor Category 4
Julia Category 4
Karl Category 3
Lisa Category 1
Matthew Tropical storm
Nicole Tropical storm
Otto Category 1
Paula Category 2
Richard Category 2
Shary Category 1
Tomas Category 2

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