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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1962 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 7 storms · 30 Jun 1962–4 Dec 1962

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1962 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 7 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: 30 Jun–2 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormAlma: 26 Aug–30 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Becky: 27 Aug–31 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCelia: 12 Sep–21 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormDaisy: 29 Sep–7 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Ella: 14 Oct–22 Oct, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 28 Nov–4 Dec, peak 80 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–55Tropical storm9982,720
Alma–75Cat 19841,700
Becky–50Tropical storm—1,900
Celia–60Tropical storm9952,560
Daisy–90Cat 29573,100
Ella–95Cat 29584,000
Unnamed–80Cat 19911,920

7 storms with an IBTrACS 1962 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 30 Jun 1962, last 4 Dec 1962.

Tropical storms7

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

Hurricanes4

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)0

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormElla

95 kt · 109 mph / 176 km/h

Lowest pressure957 hPa

Daisy, 7 Oct 1962

Longest track record11 days

Ella, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1962 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 4 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 7 tropical storms, with 0 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season?

Ella, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 95 kt (Category 2) on 20 Oct 1962, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 958 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1962?

None. No storm in the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 30 Jun 1962 and the last on 4 Dec 1962, from 7 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1962 Atlantic hurricane season?

Alma, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 28 Aug 1962, 12:00 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 1962 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