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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2024 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 19 storms · 19 Jun 2024–18 Nov 2024

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY161.6
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2024 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 19 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 BengalAlberto: 19 Jun–20 Jun, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormBeryl: 28 Jun–9 Jul, peak 145 kt, Category 5Chris: 30 Jun–1 Jul, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormDebby: 3 Aug–6 Aug, peak 70 kt, Category 1Ernesto: 12 Aug–20 Aug, peak 85 kt, Category 2Francine: 9 Sep–12 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Gordon: 11 Sep–17 Sep, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormUnnamed: 15 Sep–17 Sep, no US-agency windHelene: 24 Sep–27 Sep, peak 120 kt, Category 4Isaac: 25 Sep–30 Sep, peak 90 kt, Category 2Joyce: 27 Sep–30 Sep, peak 45 kt, Tropical stormKirk: 29 Sep–7 Oct, peak 130 kt, Category 4Leslie: 2 Oct–12 Oct, peak 90 kt, Category 2Milton: 5 Oct–10 Oct, peak 155 kt, Category 5Nadine: 19 Oct–20 Oct, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormOscar: 19 Oct–22 Oct, peak 75 kt, Category 1Patty: 3 Nov–4 Nov, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormRafael: 4 Nov–10 Nov, peak 105 kt, Category 3Sara: 14 Nov–18 Nov, peak 45 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Alberto–45Tropical storm992510
Beryl–145Cat 59324,880
Chris–40Tropical storm100590
Debby–70Cat 19792,680
Ernesto–85Cat 29673,570
Francine–90Cat 29721,130
Gordon–40Tropical storm10041,270
Unnamed–—Unclassified—280
Helene–120Cat 49391,670
Isaac–90Cat 29632,160
Joyce–45Tropical storm1001620
Kirk–130Cat 49284,680
Leslie–90Cat 29702,330
Milton–155Cat 58951,940
Nadine–50Tropical storm1002370
Oscar–75Cat 1984710
Patty–40Tropical storm9901,100
Rafael–105Cat 39541,330
Sara–45Tropical storm997720

19 storms with an IBTrACS 2024 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 19 Jun 2024, last 18 Nov 2024.

Tropical storms18

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

Hurricanes11

64 kt or more, one-minute sustained

Major (Category 3+)5

96 kt or more, Saffir–Simpson scale

Category 52

137 kt or more at any tropical-stage observation

Strongest stormMilton

155 kt · 178 mph / 287 km/h

Lowest pressure895 hPa

Milton, 7 Oct 2024

Longest track record13 days

Beryl, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind1

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2024 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 11 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 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?

Milton, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 155 kt (Category 5) on 7 Oct 2024, 20:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 895 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2024?

2 storms in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale: Beryl, Milton.

When did the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 19 Jun 2024 and the last on 18 Nov 2024, from 19 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?

Beryl, which reached hurricane strength (64 kt) on 29 Jun 2024, 21:00 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 2024 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