Hurricanes

The 1997 season

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

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Radar

Reflectivity now across the United States. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.

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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.

North Atlantic

9 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 40.1.

Eastern Pacific

26 storms, 21 at tropical storm strength, 11 hurricanes, 9 major; accumulated cyclone energy 278.0.

Western Pacific

30 storms, 29 at tropical storm strength, 21 typhoons, 10 major; accumulated cyclone energy 469.6.

North Indian

9 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 2 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 20.2.

South Indian

19 storms, 19 at tropical storm strength, 10 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 194.8.

South Pacific

19 storms, 18 at tropical storm strength, 11 at hurricane force, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 164.3.

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.