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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1966 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 17 storms · 5 Jun 1966–26 Nov 1966

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY137.0
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1966 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 17 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 BengalAlma: 5 Jun–12 Jun, peak 100 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 28 Jun–2 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormBecky: 1 Jul–2 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Celia: 13 Jul–21 Jul, peak 65 kt, Category 1Dorothy: 24 Jul–30 Jul, peak 75 kt, Category 1Ella: 22 Jul–28 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 25 Jul–27 Jul, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionFaith: 21 Aug–4 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Greta: 1 Sep–7 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHallie: 20 Sep–21 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormInez: 21 Sep–11 Oct, peak 140 kt, Category 5Judith: 27 Sep–30 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 27 Sep–30 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionKendra: 3 Oct–9 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormLois: 7 Nov–10 Nov, peak 75 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 14 Nov–17 Nov, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 22 Nov–26 Nov, peak 55 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alma–100Cat 39702,030
Unnamed–40Tropical storm1004740
Becky–75Cat 19841,320
Celia–65Cat 19943,160
Ella–40Tropical storm10081,980
Dorothy–75Cat 19891,410
Unnamed–25Tropical depression1007350
Faith–105Cat 39509,270
Greta–45Tropical storm10041,610
Hallie–50Tropical storm99780
Inez–140Cat 59274,310
Judith–40Tropical storm10071,180
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—750
Kendra–35Tropical storm—1,300
Lois–75Cat 19833,000
Unnamed–55Tropical storm9942,730
Unnamed–55Tropical storm9971,350

17 storms with an IBTrACS 1966 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 5 Jun 1966, last 26 Nov 1966.

Tropical storms15

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 51

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormInez

140 kt · 161 mph / 259 km/h

Lowest pressure927 hPa

Inez, 28 Sept 1966

Longest track record23.8 days

Faith, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1966 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 7 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 15 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 1966 Atlantic hurricane season?

Inez, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 140 kt (Category 5) on 28 Sept 1966, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 927 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1966?

1 storm in the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Inez.

When did the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 5 Jun 1966 and the last on 26 Nov 1966, from 17 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1966 Atlantic hurricane season?

Alma, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 6 Jun 1966, 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 1966 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