Hurricanes

The 2002 season

101 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

14 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 4 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 65.1.

Eastern Pacific

20 storms, 15 at tropical storm strength, 8 hurricanes, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 162.8.

Western Pacific

32 storms, 25 at tropical storm strength, 16 typhoons, 11 major; accumulated cyclone energy 355.3.

North Indian

6 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 7.3.

South Indian

17 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 10 at hurricane force, 7 major; accumulated cyclone energy 174.7.

South Pacific

12 storms, 9 at tropical storm strength, 2 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 22.6.

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.