Hurricanes

The 1966 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1966 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

17 storms, 15 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 134.8.

Eastern Pacific

14 storms, 13 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 62.2.

Western Pacific

47 storms, 30 at tropical storm strength, 20 typhoons, 8 major; accumulated cyclone energy 305.1.

North Indian

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

South Indian

27 storms, 3 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 2.9.

South Pacific

4 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.