The 1955 season
97 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Tracks
The track of every 1955 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.
North Atlantic
13 storms, 13 at tropical storm strength, 9 hurricanes, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 158.2.
- Tropical Storm BrendaNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane ConnieNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane DianeNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane EdithNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane FloraNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane GladysNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane IoneNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane HildaNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane JanetNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1955
- Hurricane KatieNorth Atlantic · 1955
Eastern Pacific
6 storms, 6 at tropical storm strength, 2 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 19.9.
Western Pacific
39 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 19 typhoons, 10 major; accumulated cyclone energy 249.8.
- Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon WildaWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon ClaraWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon DotWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon FranWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Super Typhoon KateWestern Pacific · 1955
- Super Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon NoraWestern Pacific · 1955
- Typhoon OpalWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1955
- Super Typhoon PatsyWestern Pacific · 1955
- Super Typhoon RuthWestern Pacific · 1955
North Indian
13 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1955
South Indian
16 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1955
South Pacific
10 storms, 0 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1955
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.