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NORTH ATLANTIC · SEASON MAP

2026 Atlantic hurricane season

Every recorded track, mapped · 5 storms · 17 Jun 2026–2 Sept 2026

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGY4.4

Season in progress, through 16 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC. Tracks and totals update as the archive and NHC best track are merged.

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2026 Atlantic hurricane season: every recorded storm trackRecorded tracks of all 5 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: 17 Jun–18 Jun, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormBertha: 19 Jul–23 Jul, peak 50 kt, Tropical stormCristobal: 12 Aug–13 Aug, peak 40 kt, Tropical stormDolly: 27 Aug–28 Aug, peak 35 kt, Tropical stormEdouard: 31 Aug–2 Sep, peak 50 kt, Tropical storm

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Whole season

DepressionTropical stormCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5Post-tropical
Every storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Column headers sort the list.
Arthur–40Tropical storm999530
Bertha–50Tropical storm995890
Cristobal–40Tropical storm10081,290
Dolly–35Tropical storm10073,220
Edouard–50Tropical storm998730

5 storms with an IBTrACS 2026 hurricane season record. Tracks are the archived center positions, first observation 17 Jun 2026, last 2 Sept 2026.

Tropical storms5

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

Hurricanes0

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 stormBertha

50 kt · 58 mph / 93 km/h

Lowest pressure995 hPa

Bertha, 21 Jul 2026

Longest track record7.5 days

Dolly, full archive record

Storms without US-agency wind0

Mapped, but outside the counts above

QUICK ANSWERS

The 2026 season in brief

How many hurricanes were there in the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season?

The archive records 0 hurricanes (one-minute winds of 64 kt or more) among 5 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 2026 Atlantic hurricane season?

Bertha, with a peak one-minute sustained wind of 50 kt (tropical storm strength) on 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 UTC and a minimum central pressure of 995 hPa.

How many Category 5 storms were there in 2026?

None. No storm in the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season reached Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson one-minute wind scale in the archive.

When did the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season start and end?

The first tropical-stage observation is on 17 Jun 2026 and the last on 2 Sept 2026, from 5 tracked storms in the archive.

What was the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season?

No storm in the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season reached hurricane strength (64 kt) in the archive.

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 2026 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