Hurricanes

The 1952 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1952 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

11 storms, 11 at tropical storm strength, 5 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 69.1.

Eastern Pacific

7 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 34.7.

Western Pacific

39 storms, 28 at tropical storm strength, 20 typhoons, 11 major; accumulated cyclone energy 338.8.

North Indian

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

South Indian

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

South Pacific

10 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.