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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1954 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 16 storms · 28 May 1954–6 Jan 1955

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY104.4
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1954 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 16 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: 28 May–30 May, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 18 Jun–24 Jun, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormAlice: 24 Jun–27 Jun, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 10 Jul–14 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBarbara: 27 Jul–30 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCarol: 25 Aug–31 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Dolly: 31 Aug–2 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Edna: 5 Sep–11 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 6 Sep–7 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormFlorence: 10 Sep–12 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 15 Sep–18 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormGilda: 24 Sep–30 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 25 Sep–6 Oct, peak 85 kt, Category 2Hazel: 5 Oct–15 Oct, peak 115 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 16 Nov–21 Nov, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormAlice: 30 Dec–6 Jan, peak 80 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–45Tropical storm10051,870
Unnamed–60Tropical storm—1,750
Alice–95Cat 2—750
Unnamed–45Tropical storm—710
Barbara–50Tropical storm999430
Carol–100Cat 39551,630
Dolly–75Cat 19943,070
Edna–110Cat 39433,110
Unnamed–40Tropical storm10041,000
Florence–55Tropical storm1001260
Unnamed–40Tropical storm1004370
Gilda–60Tropical storm9981,400
Unnamed–85Cat 2—2,890
Hazel–115Cat 49383,830
Unnamed–35Tropical storm1005790
Alice–80Cat 19911,090

16 storms with an IBTrACS 1954 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 28 May 1954, last 6 Jan 1955.

Tropical storms16

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

Hurricanes7

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)3

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormHazel

115 kt · 132 mph / 213 km/h

Lowest pressure938 hPa

Hazel, 15 Oct 1954

Longest track record13 days

Hazel, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1954 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 7 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 16 tropical storms, with 3 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season?

Hazel, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 115 kt (Category 4) on 15 Oct 1954, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 938 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1954?

None. No storm in the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 28 May 1954 and the last on 6 Jan 1955, from 16 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season?

Alice, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 25 Jun 1954, 00:00 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 1954 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