Hurricanes

The 2013 season

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

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Tracks

The track of every 2013 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

5 of this season’s storms are on record as having killed someone, 71 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

15 storms, 14 at tropical storm strength, 2 hurricanes, 0 major; accumulated cyclone energy 32.3.

Eastern Pacific

21 storms, 20 at tropical storm strength, 10 hurricanes, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 78.3.

Western Pacific

35 storms, 29 at tropical storm strength, 16 typhoons, 11 major; accumulated cyclone energy 278.5.

North Indian

8 storms, 5 at tropical storm strength, 3 at hurricane force, 1 major; accumulated cyclone energy 38.3.

South Indian

16 storms, 16 at tropical storm strength, 10 at hurricane force, 6 major; accumulated cyclone energy 121.3.

South Pacific

8 storms, 8 at tropical storm strength, 5 at hurricane force, 3 major; accumulated cyclone energy 68.0.

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.