Hurricane History Map

2016 North Atlantic season

16 storms formed in the North Atlantic basin in 2016, from 7 January 2016 to 26 November 2016.

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Years2016
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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 2016 season in numbers

The record holds 16 storms for the 2016 North Atlantic season, of which 15 had names.15 reached tropical storm strength (34 knots or more), 7 reached hurricane strength (category 1 or more) and 4 were major (category 3 or more).

  • 16storms
  • 15tropical storm strength or more
  • 7hurricane strength or more
  • 4major (category 3 to 5)
  • 143accumulated 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 2016

  • Matthew (2016)28 September 2016 to 10 October 2016, peak Category 5 (145 kt), 934 hPa
  • Nicole (2016)4 October 2016 to 19 October 2016, peak Category 4 (120 kt), 950 hPa
  • Gaston (2016)21 August 2016 to 3 September 2016, peak Category 3 (105 kt), 955 hPa
  • Otto (2016)17 November 2016 to 26 November 2016, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 975 hPa
  • Alex (2016)7 January 2016 to 17 January 2016, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 981 hPa

All 16 storms of 2016

StormPeak
Alex Category 1
Bonnie Tropical storm
Colin Tropical storm
Danielle Tropical storm
Earl Category 1
Fiona Tropical storm
Gaston Category 3
Unnamed storm Tropical depression
Hermine Category 1
Ian Tropical storm
Karl Tropical storm
Julia Tropical storm
Lisa Tropical storm
Matthew Category 5
Nicole Category 4
Otto Category 3

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