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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2007 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 17 storms · 6 May 2007–12 Dec 2007

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY73.9
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2007 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 17 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 BengalAndrea: 6 May–14 May, no US-agency windBarry: 1 Jun–2 Jun, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormChantal: 31 Jul–1 Aug, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormDean: 13 Aug–23 Aug, peak 150 kt, Category 5Erin: 15 Aug–17 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormFelix: 31 Aug–5 Sep, peak 150 kt, Category 5Gabrielle: 8 Sep–11 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormIngrid: 12 Sep–17 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormHumberto: 12 Sep–14 Sep, peak 80 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 21 Sep–22 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionJerry: 24 Sep–24 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormKaren: 25 Sep–29 Sep, peak 65 kt, Category 1Lorenzo: 25 Sep–28 Sep, peak 70 kt, Category 1Melissa: 28 Sep–30 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 11 Oct–12 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNoel: 28 Oct–2 Nov, peak 70 kt, Category 1Olga: 11 Dec–12 Dec, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andrea–—Unclassified—1,380
Barry–50Tropical storm9972,060
Chantal–45Tropical storm9932,900
Dean–150Cat 59054,110
Erin–35Tropical storm10031,180
Felix–150Cat 59292,230
Gabrielle–50Tropical storm1004870
Ingrid–40Tropical storm10021,150
Humberto–80Cat 1985440
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1005160
Jerry–35Tropical storm1003350
Karen–65Cat 19881,210
Lorenzo–70Cat 1990370
Melissa–35Tropical storm10051,760
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10111,950
Noel–70Cat 19804,200
Olga–50Tropical storm10031,890

17 storms with an IBTrACS 2007 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 6 May 2007, last 12 Dec 2007.

Tropical storms15

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

Hurricanes6

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)2

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormDean

150 kt · 173 mph / 278 km/h

Lowest pressure905 hPa

Dean, 21 Aug 2007

Longest track record13 days

Noel, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2007 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 15 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 2007 Atlantic hurricane season?

Dean, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 150 kt (Category 5) on 21 Aug 2007, 06:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 905 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2007?

2 storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Dean, Felix.

When did the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 6 May 2007 and the last on 12 Dec 2007, from 17 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season?

Dean, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 16 Aug 2007, 03:00 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 2007 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