Hurricanes

The 1953 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1953 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

14 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 98.5.

Eastern Pacific

4 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 2 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 24.2.

Western Pacific

34 storms, 23 at tropical storm strength, 17 typhoons, 14 major; accumulated cyclone energy 363.5.

North Indian

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

South Indian

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

South Pacific

8 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.