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Hurricanes

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I have collected so much Hurricane data over the years, that I'm having difficulty trying to find an easy way to display all of it on these webpages. So, with that in mind, you will see many changes in these pages in the next few weeks.

I originally was doing a separate page for each tropical storm and hurricane, but that quickly grew out of hand! So I'm going to try a yearly system, dividing the data up by the year. Some hurricanes may warrant a page of there own due to the amount of data that I have on them. But there will be some general statistics on each hurricane and tropical storm by the year first. I will also eventually have an alphabetical list for easy access to a particular storm. Please be patient as I try to organize this mountain of data.

Hurricane Facts in a Nutshell

Check it out!!! Interesting facts about hurricanes and tropical storms. The most deadly, most expensive, most storms in a year, most used names and much more!

I only have the data uploaded from 1950 to current, so far. I will be adding the older data in the coming weeks. So if you click on 1851 through 1949, well, there isn't anything available yet. Coming soon, I promise!!

1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1921	1931	1941	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001
1852	1862	1872	1882	1892	1902	1912	1922	1932	1942	1952	1962	1972	1982	1992	2002
1853	1863	1873	1883	1893	1903	1913	1923	1933	1943	1953	1963	1973	1983	1993	2003
1854	1864	1874	1884	1894	1904	1914	1924	1934	1944	1954	1964	1974	1984	1994	2004
1855	1865	1875	1885	1895	1905	1915	1925	1935	1945	1955	1965	1975	1985	1995	2005
1856	1866	1876	1886	1896	1906	1916	1926	1936	1946	1956	1966	1976	1986	1996	2006
1857	1867	1877	1887	1897	1907	1917	1927	1937	1947	1957	1967	1977	1987	1997	2007
1858	1868	1878	1888	1898	1908	1918	1928	1938	1948	1958	1968	1978	1988	1998	2008
1859	1869	1879	1889	1899	1909	1919	1929	1939	1949	1959	1969	1979	1989	1999	2009
1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010

Alphabetical List of Hurricanes & Tropical Storms

A	B	C	D	E
F	G	H	I	J
K	L	M	N	O
P	R	S	T	V
W

I kept these storms on their own pages, since I had much more data available for them. You can also access these storms from their year page.

Hurricane Agnes - June 14-23, 1972
Hurricane Andrew - August 16-28, 1992
Hurricane Bertha - July 5-14, 1996
Hurricane Camille - August 14-22, 1969
Hurricane Donna - August 29-September 14, 1960
Hurricane Fran - August 24-September 6, 1996
Hurricane Hazel - October 5-18, 1954
Hurricane Isabel - September 6-20, 2003
Tropical Storm Josephine - October 4-8, 1996
Hurricane Katrina - Coming Soon

Saffir-Simpson Scale

Type	Category	Pressure (mb)	Windspeed (knots)	Windspeed (mph)	Surge (feet)
Tropical Depression	TD	------	< 34	< 39	------
Tropical Storm	TS	------	34 - 63	39 - 73	------
Hurricane	1	> 980	64 - 82	74 - 95	4 - 5
Hurricane	2	965-980	83 - 95	96 -110	6 - 8
Hurricane	3	945-965	96 -113	111-130	9 -12
Hurricane	4	920-945	114-135	131-155	13-18
Hurricane	5	< 920	> 135	> 155	> 18

< = less than
> = greater than

Around 1951, the United States began using a phonetic list of names for the storms, to help avoid confusion in reports by sea vessels on latitude and longitude of troubled seas. Sometimes a ship would report information on a storm, when there was another one a hundred miles away that a report had been received on also. So Able, Baker, Charlie, etc., was used for a couple of years. This became confusing also, so they began to use women's names around 1953.

The Tropical Prediction Center near Miami, Florida, monitors disturbances and tropical depressions around the Gulf of Mexico, Carribean and Atlantic Ocean. When one of these disturbances intensifies into a tropical storm, with rotary circulation and wind speeds above 38 mph, it is given a name.

Hurricane and Tropical Storm names are chosen from a list originating from the National Hurricane Center and maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. Up until 1979, this list featured only women's names. Since 1979, men's and women's names are alternated. There are six lists currently in rotation for the Atlantic. The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used because of the scarcity of names beginning with those letters. The only time that the list is changed is when a storm is very costly in property damages or loss of life. Then the name is retired and another name is chosen to replace it. If, in a given year, all the names are used on the list, they would name additional storms from the greek alphabet, Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, etc. Below is the current 6 year list, which obviously "Katrina" will be retired.

Atlantic Names

2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Arlene	Alberto	Andrea	Arthur	Ana	Alex	Arlene	Alberto
Bret	Beryl	Barry	Bertha	Bill	Bonnie	Bret	Beryl
Cindy	Chris	Chantal	Cristobal	Claudette	Colin	Cindy	Chris
Dennis	Debby	Dean	Dolly	Danny	Danielle	Don	Debby
Emily	Ernesto	Erin	Edouard	Erika	Earl	Emily	Ernesto
Franklin	Florence	Felix	Fay	Fred	Fiona	Franklin	Florence
Gert	Gordon	Gabrielle	Gustav	Grace	Gaston	Gert	Gordon
Harvey	Helene	Humberto	Hanna	Henri	Hermine	Harvey	Helene
Irene	Isaac	Ingrid	Ike	Ida	Igor	Irene	Isaac
Jose	Joyce	Jerry	Josephine	Joaquin	Julia	Jose	Joyce
Katrina	Kirk	Karen	Kyle	Kate	Karl	Katia	Kirk
Lee	Leslie	Lorenzo	Laura	Larry	Lisa	Lee	Leslie
Maria	Michael	Melissa	Marco	Mindy	Matthew	Maria	Michael
Nate	Nadine	Noel	Nana	Nicholas	Nicole	Nate	Nadine
Ophelia	Oscar	Olga	Omar	Odette	Otto	Ophelia	Oscar
Philippe	Patty	Pablo	Paloma	Peter	Paula	Philippe	Patty
Rita	Rafael	Rebekah	Rene	Rose	Richard	Rina	Rafael
Stan	Sandy	Sebastien	Sally	Sam	Shary	Sean	Sandy
Tammy	Tony	Tanya	Teddy	Teresa	Tomas	Tammy	Tony
Vince	Valerie	Van	Vicky	Victor	Virginie	Vince	Valerie
Wilma	William	Wendy	Wilfred	Wanda	Walter	Whitney	William

The Greek Alphabet

If we use all the names in one season, we will start using the greek alphabet.

Greek Letter	Pronunciation
Alpha	al-fah
Beta	bay-tah
Gamma	gam-ah
Delta	del-tah
Epsilon	ep-si-lon
Zeta	zay-tah
Eta	ay-tay
Theta	thay-tah
Iota	eye-o-tah
Kappa	cap-ah
Lambda	lamb-dah
Mu	mew
Nu	new
Xi	zzEye
Omicron	om-ah-cron
Pi	pie
Rho	row
Sigma	sig-ma
Tau	tawh
Upsilon	oop-si-lon
Phi	figh or fie
Chi	kigh
Psi	sigh
Omega	o-may-gah