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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1969 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 24 storms · 8 Jun 1969–25 Nov 1969

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY148.3
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1969 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 24 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: 8 Jun–9 Jun, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionAnna: 25 Jul–4 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 25 Jul–27 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 7 Aug–8 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionBlanche: 10 Aug–12 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Camille: 14 Aug–22 Aug, peak 150 kt, Category 5Debbie: 14 Aug–23 Aug, peak 110 kt, Category 3Eve: 24 Aug–27 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormFrancelia: 29 Aug–4 Sep, peak 85 kt, Category 2Gerda: 7 Sep–10 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 7 Sep–10 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionHolly: 13 Sep–18 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 19 Sep–23 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionInga: 20 Sep–15 Oct, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 24 Sep–26 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 26 Sep–30 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 29 Sep–3 Oct, no US-agency windJenny: 1 Oct–5 Oct, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 4 Oct–5 Oct, peak 26 kt, Tropical depressionKara: 7 Oct–17 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Laurie: 17 Oct–27 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 29 Oct–31 Oct, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 3 Nov–7 Nov, peak 80 kt, Category 1Martha: 20 Nov–25 Nov, peak 80 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—320
Anna–60Tropical storm10014,820
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—460
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—150
Blanche–75Cat 19973,180
Camille–150Cat 59003,110
Debbie–110Cat 39505,580
Eve–45Tropical storm995520
Francelia–85Cat 29731,680
Gerda–105Cat 39802,670
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—810
Holly–70Cat 1984730
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1007440
Inga–95Cat 29643,620
Unnamed–65Cat 19873,810
Unnamed–60Tropical storm—1,100
Unnamed–—Unclassified—1,170
Jenny–40Tropical storm1000790
Unnamed–26Tropical depression—170
Kara–80Cat 19783,950
Laurie–80Cat 19731,600
Unnamed–60Tropical storm9902,050
Unnamed–80Cat 19923,770
Martha–80Cat 1979250

24 storms with an IBTrACS 1969 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 8 Jun 1969, last 25 Nov 1969.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes12

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 stormCamille

150 kt · 173 mph / 278 km/h

Lowest pressure900 hPa

Camille, 18 Aug 1969

Longest track record25 days

Inga, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1969 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 12 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 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 1969 Atlantic hurricane season?

Camille, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 150 kt (Category 5) on 16 Aug 1969, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 900 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1969?

1 storm in the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Camille.

When did the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 8 Jun 1969 and the last on 25 Nov 1969, from 24 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season?

Blanche, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 11 Aug 1969, 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 1969 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