Hurricane History Map

2018 North Atlantic season

16 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2018, from 25 May 2018 to 4 November 2018.

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Years2018
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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 2018 season in numbers

The record holds 16 storms for the 2018 North Atlantic season, of which 15 had names.15 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 8 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 2 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 16storms
  • 15tropical storm strength or more
  • 8hurricane strength or more
  • 2major (category 3 to 5)
  • 133accumulated 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 2018

  • Michael (2018)6 October 2018 to 15 October 2018, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 920 hPa
  • Florence (2018)30 August 2018 to 18 September 2018, peak Category 4 (130 kt), 937 hPa
  • Helene (2018)7 September 2018 to 17 September 2018, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 967 hPa
  • Oscar (2018)26 October 2018 to 4 November 2018, peak Category 2 (95 kt), 966 hPa
  • Chris (2018)5 July 2018 to 17 July 2018, peak Category 2 (90 kt), 969 hPa

All 16 storms of 2018

StormPeak
Alberto Tropical storm
Beryl Category 1
Chris Category 2
Debby Tropical storm
Ernesto Tropical storm
Florence Category 4
Gordon Tropical storm
Isaac Category 1
Helene Category 2
Joyce Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Kirk Tropical storm
Leslie Category 1
Michael Category 4
Nadine Tropical storm
Oscar Category 2

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