Hurricane History Map

2008 North Atlantic season

17 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2008, from 31 May 2008 to 14 November 2008.

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Years2008
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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 2008 season in numbers

The record holds 17 storms for the 2008 North Atlantic season, of which 16 had names.16 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 8 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 5 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 17storms
  • 16tropical storm strength or more
  • 8hurricane strength or more
  • 5major (category 3 to 5)
  • 146accumulated 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 2008

  • Gustav (2008)25 August 2008 to 5 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 943 hPa
  • Ike (2008)1 September 2008 to 15 September 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 935 hPa
  • Paloma (2008)5 November 2008 to 14 November 2008, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 944 hPa
  • Omar (2008)13 October 2008 to 21 October 2008, peak Category 4 (115 kt), 958 hPa
  • Bertha (2008)3 July 2008 to 21 July 2008, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa

All 17 storms of 2008

StormPeak
Arthur Tropical storm
Bertha Category 3
Cristobal Tropical storm
Dolly Category 2
Edouard Tropical storm
Fay Tropical storm
Gustav Category 4
Hanna Category 1
Ike Category 4
Josephine Tropical storm
Kyle Category 1
Laura Tropical storm
Marco Tropical storm
Nana Tropical storm
Omar Category 4
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Paloma Category 4

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