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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2006 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 10 storms · 10 Jun 2006–2 Oct 2006

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY78.5
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2006 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 BengalAlberto: 10 Jun–14 Jun, peak 60 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 17 Jul–18 Jul, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBeryl: 18 Jul–21 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormChris: 1 Aug–4 Aug, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormDebby: 21 Aug–26 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormErnesto: 24 Aug–1 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Florence: 3 Sep–12 Sep, peak 80 kt, Category 1Gordon: 10 Sep–20 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Helene: 12 Sep–24 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Isaac: 27 Sep–2 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alberto–60Tropical storm9954,480
Unnamed–45Tropical storm9981,250
Beryl–50Tropical storm10001,310
Chris–55Tropical storm10011,410
Debby–45Tropical storm9992,090
Ernesto–65Cat 19852,770
Florence–80Cat 19745,420
Gordon–105Cat 39555,280
Helene–105Cat 39555,310
Isaac–75Cat 19851,790

10 storms with an IBTrACS 2006 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 10 Jun 2006, last 2 Oct 2006.

Tropical storms10

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

Hurricanes5

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)2

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormGordon

105 kt · 121 mph / 194 km/h

Lowest pressure955 hPa

Gordon, 14 Sept 2006

Longest track record15.3 days

Florence, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2006 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 5 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 10 tropical storms, with 2 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season?

Gordon, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 105 kt (Category 3) on 14 Sept 2006, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 955 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2006?

None. No storm in the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 10 Jun 2006 and the last on 2 Oct 2006, from 10 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season?

Ernesto, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 27 Aug 2006, 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 2006 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