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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1993 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 10 storms · 31 May 1993–30 Sept 1993

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY38.4
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1993 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 10 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: 31 May–2 Jun, peak 33 kt, Tropical depressionArlene: 18 Jun–21 Jun, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormBret: 4 Aug–11 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCindy: 14 Aug–17 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormEmily: 22 Aug–6 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Dennis: 23 Aug–28 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormFloyd: 7 Sep–10 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Gert: 14 Sep–26 Sep, peak 85 kt, Category 2Harvey: 18 Sep–21 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 29 Sep–30 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depression

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Unnamed–33Tropical depression9991,130
Arlene–35Tropical storm1000570
Bret–50Tropical storm10022,770
Cindy–40Tropical storm1007750
Emily–100Cat 39603,310
Dennis–45Tropical storm10001,020
Floyd–65Cat 19903,540
Gert–85Cat 29702,400
Harvey–65Cat 19901,520
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1008600

10 storms with an IBTrACS 1993 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 31 May 1993, last 30 Sept 1993.

Tropical storms8

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

Hurricanes4

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)1

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormEmily

100 kt · 115 mph / 185 km/h

Lowest pressure960 hPa

Emily, 1 Sept 1993

Longest track record14.8 days

Emily, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1993 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 4 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 8 tropical storms, with 1 major hurricane reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season?

Emily, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 100 kt (Category 3) on 31 Aug 1993, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 960 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1993?

None. No storm in the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 31 May 1993 and the last on 30 Sept 1993, from 10 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1993 Atlantic hurricane season?

Emily, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 26 Aug 1993, 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 1993 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