The 1986 season
110 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Tracks
The track of every 1986 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
2 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 28 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
10 storms, 6 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 35.8.
- Tropical Storm AndrewNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane BonnieNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane CharleyNorth Atlantic · 1986 · 15 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Tropical Storm DanielleNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane EarlNorth Atlantic · 1986
- Hurricane FrancesNorth Atlantic · 1986
Eastern Pacific
19 storms, 17 at tropical storm strength, 10 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 114.4.
- Hurricane AgathaEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm BlasEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane CeliaEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm DarbyEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane EstelleEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane FrankEastern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane GeorgetteEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm HowardEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm IsisEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane JavierEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm KayEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LesterEastern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm MadelineEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane NewtonEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane OrleneEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane PaineEastern Pacific · 1986
- Hurricane RoslynEastern Pacific · 1986
Western Pacific
36 storms, 29 at tropical storm strength, 18 typhoons, 8 major; accumulated cyclone energy 332.7.
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon JudyWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon KenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Super Typhoon LolaWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm MacWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon NancyWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm OwenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Super Typhoon PeggyWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon RogerWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm SarahWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon TipWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon VeraWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon WayneWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon AbbyWestern Pacific · 1986 · 13 deaths
- Typhoon BenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon CarmenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm DomWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon EllenWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon ForrestWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm GeorgiaWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm HerbertWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm IdaWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon JoeWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Super Typhoon KimWestern Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LexWestern Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon MargeWestern Pacific · 1986
- Typhoon NorrisWestern Pacific · 1986
North Indian
7 storms, 3 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 2.9.
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1986
South Indian
26 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 10 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 167.6.
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone NicholasSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm AlifredySouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm BerobiaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone DelifinaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm OpheliaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone CostaSouth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1986
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm HectorSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm PanchoSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone ErinestaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm FilomenaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm RhondaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone GistaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm SelwynSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm TiffanySouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone VictorSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone HonorininaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Storm IarimaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone JefotraSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone Alison:KrisostomaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Depression KrisostomaSouth Indian · 1986
- Cyclone Billy:LilaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Depression LilaSouth Indian · 1986
- Tropical Depression LilaSouth Indian · 1986
South Pacific
12 storms, 10 at tropical storm strength, 5 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 47.3.
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm VernonSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone WinifredSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone ImaSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm JuneSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm KeliSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm LusiSouth Pacific · 1986
- Tropical Storm AlfredSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone MartinSouth Pacific · 1986
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone ManuSouth Pacific · 1986
- Cyclone NamuSouth Pacific · 1986
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.