Hurricanes

The 1931 season

64 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.

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Tracks

The track of every 1931 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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Deaths and damage

1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 2,500 people in all.

The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.

North Atlantic

13 storms, 13 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 47.8.

Western Pacific

21 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 typhoons, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

North Indian

11 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

South Indian

18 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

South Pacific

1 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.