The 1983 season
96 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
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.
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.
- Hurricane AdolphEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane BarbaraEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm CosmeEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DaliliaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm ErickEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm FlossieEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane GilEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane HenrietteEastern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane IsmaelEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm JulietteEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane EllenEastern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane KikoEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane LorenaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane ManuelEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm NardaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm OctaveEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane PriscillaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane RaymondEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SoniaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane TicoEastern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm VelmaEastern Pacific · 1983
- Hurricane WinnieEastern Pacific · 1983
Western Pacific
28 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 11 typhoons, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 199.0.
- Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon TipWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon WayneWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon AbbyWestern Pacific · 1983 · 7 deaths
- Tropical Storm CarmenWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm BenWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DomWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm HerbertWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon JoeWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon IdaWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm KimWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon LexWestern Pacific · 1983
- Super Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm NorrisWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon OrchidWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
- Typhoon PercyWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm RuthWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SperryWestern Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm ThelmaWestern Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1983
North Indian
8 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 4.6.
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm HerbertNorth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1983
South Indian
13 storms, 9 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 39.2.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Depression ArilisySouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone BemanySouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Depression CleraSouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone DadafySouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone JaneSouth Indian · 1983
- Cyclone ElinahSouth Indian · 1983
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm KenSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm LenaSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm NaomiSouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Storm MontySouth Indian · 1983
- Tropical Depression FelySouth Indian · 1983
South Pacific
17 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 11 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 166.2.
- Cyclone JotiSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm KinaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm LisaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm DesSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone MarkSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone NanoSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone ElinorSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone Nisha:OramaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone OscarSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm PremaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone RewaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Tropical Storm SabaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone SarahSouth Pacific · 1983
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone TomasiSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone VeenaSouth Pacific · 1983
- Cyclone WilliamSouth Pacific · 1983
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.