Hurricanes

The 1999 season

110 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

16 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 8 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 176.5.

Eastern Pacific

15 storms, 10 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 96.8.

Western Pacific

34 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 10 typhoons, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 103.7.

North Indian

9 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 44.3.

South Indian

22 storms, 19 at tropical storm strength, 9 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 126.4.

South Pacific

14 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 4 at hurricane force, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 95.7.

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.