Hurricanes

The 1983 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 1983 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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Deaths and damage

1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 7 people in all.

The figures come from the National Hurricane Center and from Wikidata, which have filled in only some storms; a storm with no figure here may still have killed.

North Atlantic

6 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 16.8.

Eastern Pacific

24 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 13 hurricanes, 9 major; accumulated cyclone energy 228.6.

Western Pacific

28 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 11 typhoons, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 199.0.

North Indian

8 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 4.6.

South Indian

13 storms, 9 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 39.2.

South Pacific

17 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 11 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 166.2.

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.