The 2003 season
105 tropical cyclones worldwide, from NOAA’s IBTrACS archive.
Radar
Reflectivity now across the United States. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.











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, 2 people in all, and 1 as having done damage, $12,000 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
21 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 174.8.
- Tropical Storm AnaNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm BillNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane ClaudetteNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane DannyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane ErikaNorth Atlantic · 2003 · 2 deaths · $12,000
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane FabianNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm GraceNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm HenriNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane IsabelNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane JuanNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Hurricane KateNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm LarryNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm MindyNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm NicholasNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm OdetteNorth Atlantic · 2003
- Tropical Storm PeterNorth Atlantic · 2003
Eastern Pacific
18 storms, 17 at tropical storm strength, 7 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 59.0.
- Tropical Storm YanyanEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm AndresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm BlancaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm CarlosEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm DoloresEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm EnriqueEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm FeliciaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm GuillermoEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm HildaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane IgnacioEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane JimenaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm KevinEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane LindaEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane MartyEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane NoraEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane OlafEastern Pacific · 2003
- Hurricane PatriciaEastern Pacific · 2003
Western Pacific
27 storms, 22 at tropical storm strength, 17 typhoons, 11 major; accumulated cyclone energy 335.4.
- Super Typhoon KujiraWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon Chan-HomWestern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm LinfaWestern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm NangkaWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon SoudelorWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon KoniWestern Pacific · 2003
- Super Typhoon ImbudoWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon MorakotWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon EtauWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon KrovanhWestern Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm VamcoWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon DujuanWestern Pacific · 2003
- Super Typhoon MaemiWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon Choi-WanWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon KoppuWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon KetsanaWestern Pacific · 2003
- Super Typhoon ParmaWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon MelorWestern Pacific · 2003
- Typhoon NepartakWestern Pacific · 2003
- Super Typhoon LupitWestern Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical stormWestern Pacific · 2003
North Indian
6 storms, 3 at tropical storm strength, 1 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 12.9.
South Indian
20 storms, 19 at tropical storm strength, 11 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 159.1.
- Tropical Storm AbaimbaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm AtangSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone BouraSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone CrystalSouth Indian · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm DelfinaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone EbulaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm FariSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone FionaSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm IshaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone GerrySouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone HapeSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm GrahamSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone JaphetSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm HarrietSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone KalundeSouth Indian · 2003
- Tropical Storm CraigSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone InigoSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone LumaSouth Indian · 2003
- Cyclone ManouSouth Indian · 2003
South Pacific
13 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 7 at hurricane force, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 111.4.
- Tropical Storm YolandeSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone ZoeSouth Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical stormSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone AmiSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone BeniSouth Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm CillaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone DoviSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone EricaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Unnamed tropical depressionSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone EsetaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm FiliSouth Pacific · 2003
- Cyclone GinaSouth Pacific · 2003
- Tropical Storm EpiSouth Pacific · 2003
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.