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EASTERN PACIFIC · SEASON MAP

1976 Pacific hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 19 storms · 2 Jun 1976–29 Oct 1976

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY120.9
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1976 Pacific hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 19 storms, colored by the wind category at each observation. Hover or focus a storm in the table to highlight its track.UNITED STATESMEXICOCUBACHINAJAPANPHILIPPINESINDIAGulf of MexicoAtlantic OceanPacific OceanPhilippine SeaArabian SeaBay of BengalUnnamed: 2 Jun–3 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionAnnette: 3 Jun–14 Jun, peak 120 kt, Category 4Bonny: 25 Jun–29 Jun, peak 65 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 28 Jun–30 Jun, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionCeleste: 14 Jul–19 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormDiana: 15 Jul–23 Jul, peak 85 kt, Category 2Estelle: 26 Jul–28 Jul, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormFernanda: 27 Jul–2 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormGwen: 5 Aug–18 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormHyacinth: 6 Aug–14 Aug, peak 100 kt, Category 3Unnamed: 7 Aug–8 Aug, peak 25 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 16 Aug–18 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionIva: 24 Aug–1 Sep, peak 115 kt, Category 4Joanne: 29 Aug–7 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKathleen: 7 Sep–10 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Kate: 21 Sep–2 Oct, peak 80 kt, Category 1Liza: 25 Sep–1 Oct, peak 120 kt, Category 4Madeline: 29 Sep–8 Oct, peak 125 kt, Category 4Naomi: 25 Oct–29 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1976 Pacific hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—190
Annette–120Cat 49251,570
Bonny–65Cat 1987940
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—210
Celeste–45Tropical storm—1,860
Diana–85Cat 2—2,670
Estelle–35Tropical storm—610
Fernanda–35Tropical storm—1,240
Gwen–55Tropical storm—3,760
Hyacinth–100Cat 3—2,420
Unnamed–25Tropical depression—90
Unnamed–30Tropical depression—700
Iva–115Cat 4—2,060
Joanne–45Tropical storm—2,300
Kathleen–70Cat 19861,590
Kate–80Cat 1—1,240
Liza–120Cat 49481,060
Madeline–125Cat 49411,060
Naomi–45Tropical storm1005960

19 storms with an IBTrACS 1976 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 2 Jun 1976, last 29 Oct 1976.

Tropical storms15

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

Hurricanes9

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)5

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormMadeline

125 kt · 144 mph / 232 km/h

Lowest pressure925 hPa

Annette, 9 Jun 1976

Longest track record13.3 days

Gwen, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1976 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1976 Pacific hurricane season?

The archive records 9 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 15 tropical storms, with 5 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1976 Pacific hurricane season?

Madeline, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (Category 4) on 8 Oct 1976, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 941 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1976?

None. No storm in the 1976 Pacific hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1976 Pacific hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 2 Jun 1976 and the last on 29 Oct 1976, from 19 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1976 Pacific hurricane season?

Annette, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 7 Jun 1976, 06:00 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 Eastern Pacific basin for the 1976 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 Eastern Pacific 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