The 1976 season
117 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Radar
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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.
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Tropical Storm AnnaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane BelleNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Tropical Storm DottieNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane CandiceNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane EmmyNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane GloriaNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1976
- Hurricane HollyNorth Atlantic · 1976
Eastern Pacific
19 storms, 15 at tropical storm strength, 9 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 121.5.
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane AnnetteEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane BonnyEastern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm CelesteEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane DianaEastern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm EstelleEastern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm FernandaEastern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm GwenEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane HyacinthEastern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane IvaEastern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm JoanneEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane KathleenEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane KateEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane LizaEastern Pacific · 1976
- Hurricane MadelineEastern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NaomiEastern Pacific · 1976
Western Pacific
32 storms, 25 at tropical storm strength, 14 typhoons, 9 major; accumulated cyclone energy 301.3.
- Typhoon KathyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm LornaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon MarieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NancyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon OlgaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon PamelaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon RubyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon ThereseWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm WildaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm VioletWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon AnitaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon BillieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm ClaraWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression BillieWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm DotWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm EllenWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon FranWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon IrisWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon HopeWestern Pacific · 1976
- Typhoon JoanWestern Pacific · 1976
- Super Typhoon LouiseWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm MargeWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm NoraWestern Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm OpalWestern Pacific · 1976
North Indian
14 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 7.7.
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1976
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1976
South Indian
16 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 38.1.
- Cyclone RaySouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression AudreySouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone JoanSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression BarbaraSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm SueSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression ClotildeSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression Danae:TerrySouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone VanessaSouth Indian · 1976
- Cyclone WallySouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm AliceSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression EllaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm LindaSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression FrederiqueSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression GladysSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Depression Bert:HeliotropeSouth Indian · 1976
- Tropical Storm CarolSouth Indian · 1976
South Pacific
15 storms, 11 at tropical storm strength, 5 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 13.1.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression CharlotteSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm KimSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone DavidSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm ElsaSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm AlanSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone FrancesSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone BethSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone ColinSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm DawnSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm HopeSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression GeorgeSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Storm JanSouth Pacific · 1976
- Cyclone WatoreaSouth Pacific · 1976
- Tropical Depression WatoreaSouth Pacific · 1976
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.