NORTH ATLANTIC
A hurricane season, in perspective.
Find the story in NOAA’s records. Make an image worth sharing.
Explore the numbers & sources
Each dot shows when a season’s first storm reached hurricane strength. The highlighted line shows the selected season through the chosen date.
Sources: NOAA IBTrACS and NHC best tracks. How the data is calculated.
The NHC season summary confirms the archived totals through 13 Sept 2026 as of 03:00 UTC. The reporting day includes data up to that time.
The only entire seasons with no recorded Atlantic hurricanes in NOAA’s 1851–2025 record were 1907 and 1914. Both predate satellite monitoring and sit outside this chart’s historical window.
| Season | First hurricane | Named storms | Hurricanes | Major | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | None by this date | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 15 Aug | 6 | 1 | 1 | 38.6 |
| 2024 | 29 Jun | 7 | 4 | 1 | 60.4 |
| 2023 | 22 Jul | 14 | 5 | 3 | 100.4 |
| 2022 | 4 Jul | 6 | 3 | 1 | 45.1 |
| 2021 | 2 Jul | 14 | 6 | 3 | 79.2 |
| 2020 | 25 Jul | 20 | 7 | 1 | 62.1 |
| 2019 | 13 Jul | 8 | 2 | 1 | 60.6 |
| 2018 | 6 Jul | 10 | 5 | 1 | 79.4 |
| 2017 | 9 Aug | 11 | 6 | 3 | 129.3 |
| 2016 | 14 Jan | 10 | 4 | 1 | 45.8 |
| 2015 | 20 Aug | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26.6 |
| 2014 | 3 Jul | 5 | 4 | 0 | 24.4 |
| 2013 | 11 Sept | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20.3 |
| 2012 | 21 Jun | 14 | 8 | 1 | 85.3 |
| 2011 | 22 Aug | 15 | 3 | 2 | 74.6 |
| 2010 | 30 Jun | 10 | 5 | 3 | 82.4 |
| 2009 | 17 Aug | 6 | 2 | 2 | 41.3 |
| 2008 | 7 Jul | 10 | 5 | 3 | 118.1 |
| 2007 | 16 Aug | 9 | 3 | 2 | 60.3 |
| 2006 | 27 Aug | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34.3 |
| 2005 | 6 Jul | 15 | 8 | 4 | 135.5 |
| 2004 | 3 Aug | 10 | 6 | 4 | 149.0 |
| 2003 | 10 Jul | 9 | 5 | 2 | 110.8 |
| 2002 | 11 Sept | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 |
| 2001 | 8 Sept | 7 | 2 | 2 | 40.0 |
| 2000 | 6 Aug | 6 | 3 | 1 | 49.0 |
| 1999 | 21 Aug | 7 | 5 | 4 | 89.1 |
| 1998 | 22 Aug | 6 | 3 | 1 | 57.2 |
| 1997 | 12 Jul | 6 | 3 | 1 | 37.5 |
| 1996 | 7 Jul | 8 | 6 | 4 | 121.2 |
| 1995 | 4 Jun | 13 | 7 | 2 | 157.0 |
| 1994 | 18 Aug | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11.3 |
| 1993 | 26 Aug | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32.9 |
| 1992 | 22 Aug | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29.5 |
| 1991 | 17 Aug | 5 | 2 | 2 | 27.3 |
| 1990 | 29 Jul | 9 | 4 | 1 | 62.4 |
| 1989 | 1 Aug | 8 | 6 | 1 | 87.9 |
| 1988 | 2 Sept | 8 | 3 | 1 | 33.2 |
| 1987 | 22 Aug | 5 | 1 | 0 | 19.4 |
| 1986 | 25 Jun | 5 | 3 | 0 | 22.6 |
| 1985 | 24 Jul | 5 | 4 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 1984 | 10 Sept | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18.7 |
| 1983 | 17 Aug | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13.8 |
| 1982 | 3 Jun | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12.1 |
| 1981 | 20 Aug | 8 | 5 | 2 | 55.7 |
| 1980 | 3 Aug | 7 | 6 | 2 | 98.2 |
| 1979 | 11 Jul | 7 | 4 | 2 | 87.2 |
| 1978 | 8 Aug | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37.9 |
| 1977 | 30 Aug | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18.8 |
| 1976 | 7 Aug | 8 | 4 | 2 | 67.7 |
| 1975 | 27 Jul | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29.1 |
| 1974 | 28 Aug | 8 | 2 | 2 | 52.7 |
| 1973 | 3 Jul | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21.1 |
| 1972 | 18 Jun | 5 | 3 | 0 | 32.8 |
| 1971 | 6 Aug | 9 | 5 | 1 | 44.0 |
| 1970 | 20 May | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29.5 |
| 1969 | 11 Aug | 8 | 5 | 3 | 71.1 |
| 1968 | 5 Jun | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23.1 |
| 1967 | 2 Sept | 7 | 4 | 1 | 51.1 |
| 1966 | 6 Jun | 8 | 5 | 2 | 68.4 |
| 1965 | 23 Aug | 4 | 2 | 1 | 52.0 |
| 1964 | 1 Aug | 10 | 5 | 2 | 96.9 |
| 1963 | 8 Aug | 4 | 3 | 2 | 31.9 |
| 1962 | 28 Aug | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.3 |
| 1961 | 20 Jul | 6 | 5 | 2 | 93.6 |
| 1960 | 15 Jul | 7 | 4 | 2 | 67.9 |
| 1959 | 19 Jun | 10 | 4 | 0 | 26.0 |
| 1958 | 13 Aug | 8 | 4 | 2 | 65.2 |
| 1957 | 25 Jun | 5 | 2 | 2 | 46.9 |
| 1956 | 26 Jul | 7 | 2 | 1 | 36.9 |
| 1955 | 4 Aug | 9 | 6 | 1 | 86.6 |
| 1954 | 25 Jun | 10 | 4 | 2 | 50.7 |
| 1953 | 12 Aug | 6 | 3 | 1 | 55.7 |
| 1952 | 29 Aug | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 1951 | 17 May | 7 | 5 | 3 | 101.9 |
| 1950 | 14 Aug | 6 | 6 | 4 | 143.6 |