Hurricanes

The 1970 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1970 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

21 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 59.1.

Eastern Pacific

20 storms, 20 at tropical storm strength, 5 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 79.9.

Western Pacific

50 storms, 23 at tropical storm strength, 12 typhoons, 11 major; accumulated cyclone energy 286.9.

North Indian

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

South Indian

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

South Pacific

18 storms, 7 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 18.7.

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.