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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2014 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 9 storms · 1 Jul 2014–28 Oct 2014

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2014 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 9 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 BengalArthur: 1 Jul–5 Jul, peak 85 kt, Category 2Unnamed: 21 Jul–23 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionBertha: 1 Aug–6 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Cristobal: 23 Aug–29 Aug, peak 75 kt, Category 1Dolly: 1 Sep–3 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormEdouard: 11 Sep–19 Sep, peak 105 kt, Category 3Fay: 11 Oct–13 Oct, peak 70 kt, Category 1Gonzalo: 12 Oct–19 Oct, peak 125 kt, Category 4Hanna: 22 Oct–28 Oct, peak 35 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Arthur–85Cat 29732,810
Unnamed–30Tropical depression10121,560
Bertha–70Cat 19985,720
Cristobal–75Cat 19653,950
Dolly–45Tropical storm1000630
Edouard–105Cat 39553,580
Fay–70Cat 19831,020
Gonzalo–125Cat 49403,480
Hanna–35Tropical storm10001,460

9 storms with an IBTrACS 2014 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 1 Jul 2014, last 28 Oct 2014.

Tropical storms8

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 50

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormGonzalo

125 kt · 144 mph / 232 km/h

Lowest pressure940 hPa

Gonzalo, 16 Oct 2014

Longest track record11.5 days

Edouard, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2014 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 8 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 2014 Atlantic hurricane season?

Gonzalo, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 125 kt (Category 4) on 16 Oct 2014, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 940 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2014?

None. No storm in the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 1 Jul 2014 and the last on 28 Oct 2014, from 9 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season?

Arthur, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 3 Jul 2014, 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 2014 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