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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2019 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 20 storms · 20 May 2019–24 Nov 2019

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY132.2
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2019 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 BengalAndrea: 20 May–22 May, no US-agency windBarry: 11 Jul–15 Jul, peak 65 kt, Category 1Unnamed: 22 Jul–23 Jul, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionChantal: 20 Aug–23 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormDorian: 24 Aug–7 Sep, peak 160 kt, Category 5Erin: 26 Aug–29 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormGabrielle: 3 Sep–10 Sep, peak 55 kt, Tropical stormFernand: 3 Sep–5 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormHumberto: 13 Sep–19 Sep, peak 110 kt, Category 3Jerry: 17 Sep–24 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Imelda: 17 Sep–19 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormKaren: 22 Sep–27 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormLorenzo: 23 Sep–2 Oct, peak 140 kt, Category 5Melissa: 12 Oct–14 Oct, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 14 Oct–16 Oct, peak 30 kt, Tropical depressionNestor: 18 Oct–19 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormPablo: 25 Oct–28 Oct, peak 70 kt, Category 1Olga: 25 Oct–25 Oct, peak 43 kt, Tropical stormRebekah: 27 Oct–1 Nov, no US-agency windSebastien: 19 Nov–24 Nov, peak 60 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Andrea–—Unclassified—290
Barry–65Cat 1993840
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1013300
Chantal–35Tropical storm10071,270
Dorian–160Cat 59104,200
Erin–35Tropical storm1002680
Fernand–45Tropical storm1000290
Gabrielle–55Tropical storm9952,980
Humberto–110Cat 39501,800
Jerry–90Cat 29762,650
Imelda–40Tropical storm1003200
Karen–40Tropical storm10031,400
Lorenzo–140Cat 59254,500
Melissa–45Tropical storm9981,580
Unnamed–30Tropical depression1006830
Nestor–50Tropical storm9961,450
Olga–43Tropical storm9971,530
Pablo–70Cat 19771,840
Rebekah–—Unclassified—2,060
Sebastien–60Tropical storm9913,740

20 storms with an IBTrACS 2019 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 20 May 2019, last 24 Nov 2019.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes6

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)3

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormDorian

160 kt · 184 mph / 296 km/h

Lowest pressure910 hPa

Dorian, 1 Sept 2019

Longest track record15.8 days

Dorian, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind2

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2019 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 6 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 18 tropical storms, with 3 major hurricanes reaching 96 kt. Counts use US-agency winds during the tropical stage.

What was the strongest storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season?

Dorian, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 160 kt (Category 5) on 1 Sept 2019, 16:40 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 910 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2019?

2 storms in the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Dorian, Lorenzo.

When did the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 20 May 2019 and the last on 24 Nov 2019, from 20 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season?

Barry, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 13 Jul 2019, 12:00 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 2019 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