The 1996 season
115 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.
Deaths and damage
1 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 22 people in all, and 1 as having done damage, $662 million of it.
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
13 storms, 13 at tropical storm strength, 9 hurricanes, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 166.2.
- Tropical Storm ArthurNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane BerthaNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane CesarNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane DollyNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane EdouardNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane FranNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm GustavNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane HortenseNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane IsidoreNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm JosephineNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Tropical Storm KyleNorth Atlantic · 1996
- Hurricane LiliNorth Atlantic · 1996 · 22 deaths · $662 million
- Hurricane MarcoNorth Atlantic · 1996
Eastern Pacific
14 storms, 10 at tropical storm strength, 6 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 96.1.
- Unnamed tropical stormEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane AlmaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane BorisEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm CristinaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane DouglasEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ElidaEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane FaustoEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane YatesEastern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm GenevieveEastern Pacific · 1996
- Hurricane HernanEastern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 1996
Western Pacific
47 storms, 35 at tropical storm strength, 20 typhoons, 9 major; accumulated cyclone energy 375.0.
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm AnnWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon BartWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm CamWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon DanWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon EveWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon GloriaWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon FrankieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon HerbWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon JoyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm IanWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon KirkWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm LisaWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm MartyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon NikiWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon OrsonWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon PiperWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm RickWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon SallyWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon TomWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon VioletWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon WillieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon ZaneWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon Abel:BethWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm BethWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon CarloWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Super Typhoon DaleWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ErnieWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm DaleWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 1996
- Typhoon FernWestern Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm GregWestern Pacific · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 1996
North Indian
10 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 33.9.
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed cycloneNorth Indian · 1996
South Indian
22 storms, 20 at tropical storm strength, 13 at hurricane force, 7 major; accumulated cyclone energy 195.6.
- Cyclone Agnielle:DarylSouth Indian · 1996
- Tropical Storm EmmaSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone FrankSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone GertieSouth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone BonitaSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone BarrySouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone Coryna:HubertSouth Indian · 1996
- Tropical Storm IsobelSouth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone DoloresseSouth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone EdwigeSouth Indian · 1996
- Tropical Storm DoloresseSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone FlossySouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone KirstySouth Indian · 1996
- Tropical Storm GuylianneSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone HansellaSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone OliviaSouth Indian · 1996
- Cyclone ItelleSouth Indian · 1996
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 1996
- Tropical Storm JennaSouth Indian · 1996
South Pacific
9 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 42.6.
- Tropical Storm YasiSouth Pacific · 1996
- Cyclone CelesteSouth Pacific · 1996
- Cyclone JacobSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm DennisSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm AtuSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm EthelSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Storm ZakaSouth Pacific · 1996
- Tropical Depression ZakaSouth Pacific · 1996
- Cyclone BetiSouth Pacific · 1996
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.