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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1994 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 12 storms · 30 Jun 1994–21 Nov 1994

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1994 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 12 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 BengalAlberto: 30 Jun–7 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 20 Jul–21 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionBeryl: 14 Aug–19 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormChris: 16 Aug–23 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 29 Aug–31 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionDebby: 9 Sep–11 Sep, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormErnesto: 21 Sep–26 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 24 Sep–26 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 27 Sep–29 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionUnnamed: 29 Sep–30 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionFlorence: 3 Nov–8 Nov, peak 95 kt, Category 2Gordon: 8 Nov–21 Nov, peak 75 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alberto–55Tropical storm9931,070
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1015210
Beryl–50Tropical storm9991,190
Chris–70Cat 19792,890
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1005380
Debby–60Tropical storm1006600
Ernesto–50Tropical storm997540
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1004300
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1007190
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1004250
Florence–95Cat 29722,060
Gordon–75Cat 19803,110

12 storms with an IBTrACS 1994 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 30 Jun 1994, last 21 Nov 1994.

Tropical storms7

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

Hurricanes3

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 stormFlorence

95 kt · 109 mph / 176 km/h

Lowest pressure972 hPa

Florence, 7 Nov 1994

Longest track record13.3 days

Gordon, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1994 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 3 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 1994 Atlantic hurricane season?

Florence, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 95 kt (Category 2) on 8 Nov 1994, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 972 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1994?

None. No storm in the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 30 Jun 1994 and the last on 21 Nov 1994, from 12 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1994 Atlantic hurricane season?

Chris, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 18 Aug 1994, 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 North Atlantic basin for the 1994 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