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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2013 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 15 storms · 5 Jun 2013–7 Dec 2013

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY36.1
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2013 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 15 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: 5 Jun–7 Jun, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormBarry: 17 Jun–20 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormChantal: 7 Jul–10 Jul, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormDorian: 23 Jul–3 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormErin: 15 Aug–18 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormFernand: 25 Aug–26 Aug, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormGabrielle: 4 Sep–13 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 6 Sep–7 Sep, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionHumberto: 8 Sep–17 Sep, peak 80 kt, Category 1Ingrid: 12 Sep–17 Sep, peak 75 kt, Category 1Jerry: 29 Sep–3 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKaren: 3 Oct–6 Oct, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormLorenzo: 21 Oct–24 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormMelissa: 20 Nov–21 Nov, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 3 Dec–7 Dec, no US-agency wind

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andrea–55Tropical storm9921,520
Barry–40Tropical storm10031,060
Chantal–55Tropical storm10031,810
Dorian–50Tropical storm10024,040
Erin–40Tropical storm10061,240
Fernand–50Tropical storm1001250
Gabrielle–55Tropical storm10031,580
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1008110
Humberto–80Cat 19792,370
Ingrid–75Cat 1983680
Jerry–45Tropical storm10051,690
Karen–55Tropical storm998490
Lorenzo–45Tropical storm1000760
Melissa–55Tropical storm9802,440
Unnamed–—Unclassified—580

15 storms with an IBTrACS 2013 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 5 Jun 2013, last 7 Dec 2013.

Tropical storms14

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

Hurricanes2

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 stormHumberto

80 kt · 92 mph / 148 km/h

Lowest pressure979 hPa

Humberto, 11 Sept 2013

Longest track record12.5 days

Dorian, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2013 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 2 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 14 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 2013 Atlantic hurricane season?

Humberto, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 80 kt (Category 1) on 11 Sept 2013, 18:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 979 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2013?

None. No storm in the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 5 Jun 2013 and the last on 7 Dec 2013, from 15 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season?

Humberto, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 11 Sept 2013, 09:00 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 2013 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