NHC/TPC Archive of Past Hurricane Seasons

Hurricane Season Tropical Cyclone Reports

The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Reports (formerly called Preliminary Reports) contain comprehensive information on each storm, including synoptic history, meteorological statistics, casualties and damages, and the post-analysis best track (six-hourly positions and intensities).

Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico

1958-1994*  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 

Eastern Pacific (out to 140°W)

1988-1994*   1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 

* Note: 1958-1994 for the Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico and 1988-1994 for the Eastern Pacific are scanned images of the printed reports. If you encounter problems accessing these reports, try setting your browser to use Passive FTP:
Tools-->Internet Options-->Advanced-->Browsing-->Use Passive FTP

Hurricane Season Tropical Cyclone Product Archives

The National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Product Archive is the complete set of tropical cyclone text advisories and graphic images released by the NHC during the hurricane season.

The tropical cyclone graphics archives are accessed through the Graphics Archive link at the top of the individual storm archive pages (graphics from the mid-2000 season and later are available).

1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 

Hurricane Season Tropical Cyclone Monthly Summary Archives

At the end of each month during the hurricane season the NHC releases a brief summary of the tropical cyclone activity during the month. These summaries are viewed as interim to the Tropical Cyclone Reports, which are much more comprehensive. The November summary reviews the tropical cyclone activity over the course of the entire season.

1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 

Hurricane Season Forecast Verification Reports

The National Hurricane Center issues every six hours a 72-hour track and intensity forecast for all tropical cyclones in the north Atlantic and east Pacific basins. Forecasts are verified by comparison with a best-track post analysis of all available track and intensity data.

1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 

Some Infamous Atlantic Storms:

• Hurricane Gordon (1994)
  
• Hurricane Andrew (1992)
  
• Hurricane Hugo (1989)
  
• Hurricane Gilbert (1988)
  

Information on Hurricane History in the Atlantic

Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense
U.S. Hurricanes of the 20th century

Monthly Weather Review Atlantic Annual Summaries 1881-2000

Monthly Weather Summaries of the hurricane seasons for the years 1881 - 2000 are available from the NHC Library. The Monthly Weather Summaries were published by the U.S. Weather Service between 1881-1973. Since 1974 the Monthly Weather Summaries have been published by the American Meteorological Society

Hurricane Season Climatology

Average Cumulative Profile Throughout the Hurricane Season

This article describes the progress of a typical hurricane season in terms of the total number of tropical systems and hurricanes produced throughout the year in the Atlantic and East Pacific basins.

Past Tracks of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones

These are images of Atlantic Tropical Storm and Hurricane tracks. For more information please see the book "Tropical Cyclones of the North Atlantic Ocean 1871-1992", published by the Department of Commerce and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Track Maps for 1851-1910, courtesy of the AOML/HRD Reanalysis Project

Note: Images for 1921-present are GIFs of about 190K size or larger.

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Central North Pacific Hurricane History (1800s - 2001)

(Compiled by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, Honolulu).

Hurricane Best Track Files (HURDAT)

The data format of these track files is explained here.

Atlantic Tracks File 1851-2003 (1.02MB)

The Atlantic Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes from 1851 through 2003. More information on this file is found in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC 22 "A Tropical Cyclone Data Tape for the North Atlantic Basin, 1886-1983: Contents, Limitations, and Uses" by Brian R. Jarvinen, Charles J. Neumann, and Mary A. S. Davis.

For detailed information regarding the re-analysis of the Atlantic hurricane database - currently 1851-1910 have been completed - go here.

Eastern North Pacific Tracks File 1949-2003 (553K)

(Also available from Colorado St. University.)

The East Pacific Tracks File is an ASCII (text) file containing the 6-hourly (0000, 0600, 1200, 1800 UTC) center locations (latitude and longitude in tenths of degrees) and intensities (maximum 1-minute surface wind speeds in knots and minimum central pressures in millibars) for all Tropical Storms and Hurricanes from 1949 through 2003. More information on this file is found in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC 25: A Tropical Cyclone Data Tape for the Eastern and Central North Pacific Basins, 1949-1983: Contents, Limitations, and Uses - Mary A. S. Davis, Gail M. Brown, and Preston Leftwich - September, 1984.