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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2010 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 20 storms · 25 Jun 2010–7 Nov 2010

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY163.9
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2010 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 20 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 BengalAlex: 25 Jun–2 Jul, peak 95 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 8 Jul–9 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionBonnie: 22 Jul–24 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormColin: 2 Aug–8 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 10 Aug–11 Aug, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionDanielle: 21 Aug–30 Aug, peak 115 kt, Category 4Earl: 25 Aug–4 Sep, peak 125 kt, Category 4Fiona: 30 Aug–3 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormGaston: 1 Sep–2 Sep, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormIgor: 8 Sep–21 Sep, peak 135 kt, Category 4Julia: 12 Sep–20 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Karl: 14 Sep–18 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Lisa: 20 Sep–26 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Matthew: 23 Sep–26 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormNicole: 28 Sep–29 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormOtto: 7 Oct–10 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Paula: 11 Oct–15 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Richard: 20 Oct–25 Oct, peak 85 kt, Category 2Shary: 28 Oct–30 Oct, peak 65 kt, Category 1Tomas: 29 Oct–7 Nov, peak 85 kt, Category 2

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alex–95Cat 29461,360
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1005760
Bonnie–40Tropical storm10051,080
Colin–50Tropical storm10052,070
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10081,250
Danielle–115Cat 49425,000
Earl–125Cat 49275,390
Fiona–55Tropical storm9982,310
Gaston–35Tropical storm10052,110
Igor–135Cat 49244,750
Julia–120Cat 49483,470
Karl–110Cat 39561,130
Lisa–75Cat 19821,200
Matthew–50Tropical storm9981,110
Nicole–40Tropical storm995600
Otto–75Cat 19763,560
Paula–90Cat 2981950
Richard–85Cat 29771,050
Shary–65Cat 19891,130
Tomas–85Cat 29823,690

20 storms with an IBTrACS 2010 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 25 Jun 2010, last 7 Nov 2010.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes12

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 stormIgor

135 kt · 155 mph / 250 km/h

Lowest pressure924 hPa

Igor, 15 Sept 2010

Longest track record14.8 days

Igor, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2010 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 12 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 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 2010 Atlantic hurricane season?

Igor, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 135 kt (Category 4) on 15 Sept 2010, 00:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 924 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2010?

None. No storm in the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 25 Jun 2010 and the last on 7 Nov 2010, from 20 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season?

Alex, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 30 Jun 2010, 00:00 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 2010 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