Hurricanes

The 2010 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 2010 storm in every basin on one map, colored by the strength it held at each point. Each storm is listed below with its own page.

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Deaths and damage

4 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 139 people in all.

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

20 storms, 18 at tropical storm strength, 12 hurricanes, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 162.9.

Eastern Pacific

12 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 3 hurricanes, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 51.5.

Western Pacific

22 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 9 typhoons, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 122.9.

North Indian

7 storms, 4 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 2 major; accumulated cyclone energy 28.7.

South Indian

14 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 7 at hurricane force, 4 major; accumulated cyclone energy 84.9.

South Pacific

12 storms, 12 at tropical storm strength, 8 at hurricane force, 5 major; accumulated cyclone energy 117.9.

South Atlantic

1 storms, 1 at tropical storm strength, 0 at hurricane force, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 0.0.

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.