Hurricane History Map

2015 North Atlantic season

12 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2015, from 6 May 2015 to 13 November 2015.

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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 2015 season in numbers

The record holds 12 storms for the 2015 North Atlantic season, of which 11 had names.11 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 4 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 2 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 12storms
  • 11tropical storm strength or more
  • 4hurricane strength or more
  • 2major (category 3 to 5)
  • 63accumulated 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 2015

  • Joaquin (2015)26 September 2015 to 15 October 2015, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 931 hPa
  • Danny (2015)17 August 2015 to 24 August 2015, peak Category 3 (110 kt), 960 hPa
  • Fred (2015)30 August 2015 to 6 September 2015, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 986 hPa
  • Kate (2015)8 November 2015 to 13 November 2015, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 980 hPa
  • Ana (2015)6 May 2015 to 12 May 2015, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa

All 12 storms of 2015

StormPeak
Ana Tropical storm
Bill Tropical storm
Claudette Tropical storm
Danny Category 3
Erika Tropical storm
Fred Category 1
Grace Tropical storm
Henri Tropical storm
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Ida Tropical storm
Joaquin Category 4
Kate Category 1

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