Hurricanes

The 1950 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1950 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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North Atlantic

16 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 11 hurricanes, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 211.3.

Eastern Pacific

8 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 6 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 53.5.

Western Pacific

47 storms, 18 at tropical storm strength, 12 typhoons, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 160.2.

North Indian

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

South Indian

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

South Pacific

12 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.