Hurricanes

The 1960 season

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

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Radar

Reflectivity now across the United States. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

Open the live radar with storms, cones and warnings

Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

North Atlantic

8 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 72.9.

Eastern Pacific

8 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 5 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 64.2.

Western Pacific

46 storms, 27 at tropical storm strength, 19 typhoons, 9 major; accumulated cyclone energy 329.5.

North Indian

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

South Indian

12 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.