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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

1995 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 21 storms · 3 Jun 1995–1 Nov 1995

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY227.4
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1995 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 21 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 BengalAllison: 3 Jun–6 Jun, peak 65 kt, Category 1Barry: 5 Jul–10 Jul, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormChantal: 12 Jul–20 Jul, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormDean: 28 Jul–2 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormErin: 31 Jul–6 Aug, peak 85 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 5 Aug–7 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionFelix: 8 Aug–22 Aug, peak 120 kt, Category 4Gabrielle: 9 Aug–12 Aug, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormHumberto: 22 Aug–1 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Iris: 22 Aug–4 Sep, peak 95 kt, Category 2Jerry: 22 Aug–28 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormKaren: 26 Aug–3 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormLuis: 28 Aug–10 Sep, peak 130 kt, Category 4Unnamed: 9 Sep–13 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionMarilyn: 12 Sep–22 Sep, peak 100 kt, Category 3Noel: 26 Sep–7 Oct, peak 65 kt, Category 1Opal: 27 Sep–5 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Pablo: 4 Oct–8 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormRoxanne: 7 Oct–21 Oct, peak 100 kt, Category 3Sebastien: 20 Oct–25 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormTanya: 27 Oct–1 Nov, peak 75 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Allison–65Cat 19873,620
Barry–60Tropical storm9891,240
Chantal–60Tropical storm9913,900
Dean–40Tropical storm999810
Erin–85Cat 29731,770
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1002240
Felix–120Cat 49296,320
Gabrielle–60Tropical storm988230
Humberto–95Cat 29682,460
Iris–95Cat 29654,780
Jerry–35Tropical storm1002790
Karen–45Tropical storm10002,150
Luis–130Cat 49355,160
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10081,230
Marilyn–100Cat 39494,010
Noel–65Cat 19872,350
Opal–130Cat 49162,070
Pablo–50Tropical storm9941,580
Roxanne–100Cat 39561,730
Sebastien–55Tropical storm10011,050
Tanya–75Cat 19712,770

21 storms with an IBTrACS 1995 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 3 Jun 1995, last 1 Nov 1995.

Tropical storms19

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

Hurricanes11

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 stormLuis

130 kt · 150 mph / 241 km/h

Lowest pressure916 hPa

Opal, 4 Oct 1995

Longest track record19 days

Marilyn, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 1995 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 11 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 19 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 1995 Atlantic hurricane season?

Luis, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 130 kt (Category 4) on 4 Sept 1995, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 935 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 1995?

None. No storm in the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 3 Jun 1995 and the last on 1 Nov 1995, from 21 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season?

Allison, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 4 Jun 1995, 12:00 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 1995 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