Atlantic hurricanes

Where storms form

Every named Atlantic storm since 1851, placed where it first became a depression, month by month.

Monthly climatology

Where storms form

Each named storm is placed where it first became a tropical or subtropical depression. The boxes are 2.5° wide and darker where more storms formed.

Years
Named storms forming, per year

More from the tropics

Past seasonsAny season since 1851: every storm’s track, peak, lowest pressure, ACE and landfall.Open → Storms near a placePick a city, a stadium or any spot and see every storm that passed near it.Open →

Sources: NOAA National Hurricane Center: HURDAT2 Atlantic best track and operational best track. Land: Natural Earth.