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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1952 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 11 storms · 3 Feb 1952–30 Nov 1952

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1952 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 11 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESCANADAMEXICOCUBABRAZILAFRICAEUROPECHINAJAPANINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanArabian SeaBay of BengalUnnamed: 3 Feb–4 Feb, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormAble: 18 Aug–3 Sep, peak 85 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 27 Aug–28 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBaker: 31 Aug–7 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 8 Sep–11 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormCharlie: 24 Sep–28 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Dog: 24 Sep–30 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 25 Sep–30 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormEasy: 6 Oct–11 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Fox: 20 Oct–27 Oct, peak 125 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 26 Nov–30 Nov, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1952 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–60Tropical storm—2,010
Able–85Cat 29835,180
Unnamed–45Tropical storm1000400
Baker–95Cat 29693,480
Unnamed–45Tropical storm—1,920
Charlie–105Cat 39582,330
Dog–60Tropical storm998890
Unnamed–40Tropical storm—890
Easy–90Cat 2968570
Fox–125Cat 49341,650
Unnamed–50Tropical storm9921,340

11 storms with an IBTrACS 1952 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 3 Feb 1952, last 30 Nov 1952.

Tropical storms11

Tropical-stage US-agency wind of 34 kt or more

Hurricanes5

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)2

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormFox

125 kt · 144 mph / 232 km/h

Lowest pressure934 hPa

Fox, 24 Oct 1952

Longest track record16 days

Able, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1952 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1952 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 5 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 11 tropical storms, with 2 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1952 Atlantic hurricane season?

Fox, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (Category 4) on 24 Oct 1952, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 934 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1952?

None. No storm in the 1952 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1952 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 3 Feb 1952 and the last on 30 Nov 1952, from 11 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1952 Atlantic hurricane season?

Able, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 29 Aug 1952, 18:00 UTC.

METHODOLOGY

Data sources and limitations

The map and totals are generated from NOAA’s IBTrACS v04r01 archive. A storm belongs to this page when the archive lists it in the North Atlantic basin for the 1952 season, so a December storm whose track ends in January stays with its season. Storms that cross between basins appear on the page of their archive basin only.

Counts use US-agency one-minute winds during the tropical stage: 34 kt for a tropical storm, 64 kt for hurricane strength and 96 kt for major intensity, on the Saffir–Simpson scale in every basin. Local agencies classify storms differently, and official season summaries can differ from the archive. Accumulated cyclone energy sums squared winds at six-hourly synoptic times, counting observations in the calendar year. Storms with no US-agency wind are mapped but cannot enter the counts.

The map frame is the same for every North Atlantic season, so a track that leaves it is cut at the edge. Lines show each storm’s center, not its size, rainfall or flood extent. Coastlines use Natural Earth’s 1:10m land data.

Archive retrieved

NOAA IBTrACS archive · Field documentation

Sources & methodology