Hurricanes

The 1976 season

117 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

21 storms, 10 at tropical storm strength, 6 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 81.2.

Eastern Pacific

19 storms, 15 at tropical storm strength, 9 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 121.5.

Western Pacific

32 storms, 25 at tropical storm strength, 14 typhoons, 9 major; accumulated cyclone energy 301.3.

North Indian

14 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 7.7.

South Indian

16 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 38.1.

South Pacific

15 storms, 11 at tropical storm strength, 5 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 13.1.

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.