13
2025 (latest)
ATLANTIC TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES
systems reaching tropical-storm strength (≥34 kt) · 1851–2025 · neither direction is "better" · computed from NOAA NHC Atlantic HURDAT2
6
1851
30
high · 2020
1
low · 1914
+117%
since 1851
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Count each unique AL storm header once when peak track maximum sustained wind (field 7) is at least 34 knots; season from storm ID. Includes systems that reached 34 knots but were never named operationally (every pre-1950 storm, the 2005 unnamed subtropical storm, and Tropical Depression Twenty-Two of 2005 after reanalysis), so a season can exceed the named-storm count in NHC's summary: 2005 is 29 here against 28 there. Pre-1966 pre-satellite and pre-1944 pre-reconnaissance eras undercount storms. Breaks: Pre-1966 pre-satellite and pre-1944 pre-reconnaissance eras undercount storms.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/hurdat/hurdat2-1851-2025-02272026.txt
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | −28% |
| 2024 | 18 | −10% |
| 2023 | 20 | +43% |
| 2022 | 14 | −33% |
| 2021 | 21 | −30% |
| 2020 | 30 | +67% |
| 2019 | 18 | +20% |
| 2018 | 15 | −12% |
| 2017 | 17 | +13% |
| 2016 | 15 | +36% |
| 2015 | 11 | +38% |
| 2014 | 8 | −43% |
| 2013 | 14 | −26% |
| 2012 | 19 | +0% |
| 2011 | 19 | +0% |
| 2010 | 19 | +111% |
| 2009 | 9 | −44% |
| 2008 | 16 | +0% |
| 2007 | 16 | +60% |
| 2006 | 10 | −66% |
| 2005 | 29 | +93% |
| 2004 | 15 | −6% |
| 2003 | 16 | +33% |
| 2002 | 12 | −20% |
| 2001 | 15 | +0% |
| 2000 | 15 | +25% |
| 1999 | 12 | −14% |
| 1998 | 14 | +75% |
| 1997 | 8 | −38% |
| 1996 | 13 | −32% |
| 1995 | 19 | +171% |
| 1994 | 7 | −22% |
| 1993 | 9 | +29% |
| 1992 | 7 | −13% |
| 1991 | 8 | −43% |
| 1990 | 14 | +27% |
| 1989 | 11 | −8% |
| 1988 | 12 | +71% |
| 1987 | 7 | +17% |
| 1986 | 6 | −45% |
| 1985 | 11 | −15% |
| 1984 | 13 | +225% |
| 1983 | 4 | −33% |
| 1982 | 6 | −50% |
| 1981 | 12 | +9% |
| 1980 | 11 | +22% |
| 1979 | 9 | −25% |
| 1978 | 12 | +100% |
| 1977 | 6 | −40% |
| 1976 | 10 | +11% |
| 1975 | 9 | −18% |
| 1974 | 11 | +38% |
| 1973 | 8 | +14% |
| 1972 | 7 | −46% |
| 1971 | 13 | −7% |
| 1970 | 14 | −22% |
| 1969 | 18 | +100% |
| 1968 | 9 | −31% |
| 1967 | 13 | −13% |
| 1966 | 15 | +50% |
| 1965 | 10 | −23% |
| 1964 | 13 | +30% |
| 1963 | 10 | +43% |
| 1962 | 7 | −42% |
| 1961 | 12 | +50% |
| 1960 | 8 | −43% |
| 1959 | 14 | +17% |
| 1958 | 12 | +50% |
| 1957 | 8 | −33% |
| 1956 | 12 | −8% |
| 1955 | 13 | −19% |
| 1954 | 16 | +14% |
| 1953 | 14 | +27% |
| 1952 | 11 | −8% |
| 1951 | 12 | −25% |
| 1950 | 16 | +0% |
| 1949 | 16 | +60% |
| 1948 | 10 | +0% |
| 1947 | 10 | +43% |
| 1946 | 7 | −36% |
| 1945 | 11 | −21% |
| 1944 | 14 | +40% |
| 1943 | 10 | −9% |
| 1942 | 11 | +83% |
| 1941 | 6 | −33% |
| 1940 | 9 | +50% |
| 1939 | 6 | −33% |
| 1938 | 9 | −18% |
| 1937 | 11 | −35% |
| 1936 | 17 | +113% |
| 1935 | 8 | −38% |
| 1934 | 13 | −35% |
| 1933 | 20 | +33% |
| 1932 | 15 | +15% |
| 1931 | 13 | +333% |
| 1930 | 3 | −40% |
| 1929 | 5 | −17% |
| 1928 | 6 | −25% |
| 1927 | 8 | −27% |
| 1926 | 11 | +175% |
| 1925 | 4 | −64% |
| 1924 | 11 | +22% |
| 1923 | 9 | +80% |
| 1922 | 5 | −29% |
| 1921 | 7 | +40% |
| 1920 | 5 | +0% |
| 1919 | 5 | −17% |
| 1918 | 6 | +50% |
| 1917 | 4 | −73% |
| 1916 | 15 | +150% |
| 1915 | 6 | +500% |
| 1914 | 1 | −83% |
| 1913 | 6 | −14% |
| 1912 | 7 | +17% |
| 1911 | 6 | +20% |
| 1910 | 5 | −58% |
| 1909 | 12 | +20% |
| 1908 | 10 | +100% |
| 1907 | 5 | −55% |
| 1906 | 11 | +120% |
| 1905 | 5 | −17% |
| 1904 | 6 | −40% |
| 1903 | 10 | +100% |
| 1902 | 5 | −62% |
| 1901 | 13 | +86% |
| 1900 | 7 | −30% |
| 1899 | 10 | −9% |
| 1898 | 11 | +83% |
| 1897 | 6 | −14% |
| 1896 | 7 | +17% |
| 1895 | 6 | −14% |
| 1894 | 7 | −42% |
| 1893 | 12 | +33% |
| 1892 | 9 | −10% |
| 1891 | 10 | +150% |
| 1890 | 4 | −56% |
| 1889 | 9 | +0% |
| 1888 | 9 | −53% |
| 1887 | 19 | +58% |
| 1886 | 12 | +50% |
| 1885 | 8 | +100% |
| 1884 | 4 | +0% |
| 1883 | 4 | −33% |
| 1882 | 6 | −14% |
| 1881 | 7 | −36% |
| 1880 | 11 | +38% |
| 1879 | 8 | −33% |
| 1878 | 12 | +50% |
| 1877 | 8 | +60% |
| 1876 | 5 | −17% |
| 1875 | 6 | −14% |
| 1874 | 7 | +40% |
| 1873 | 5 | +0% |
| 1872 | 5 | −38% |
| 1871 | 8 | −27% |
| 1870 | 11 | +10% |
| 1869 | 10 | +150% |
| 1868 | 4 | −56% |
| 1867 | 9 | +29% |
| 1866 | 7 | +0% |
| 1865 | 7 | +40% |
| 1864 | 5 | −44% |
| 1863 | 9 | +50% |
| 1862 | 6 | −25% |
| 1861 | 8 | +14% |
| 1860 | 7 | −13% |
| 1859 | 8 | +33% |
| 1858 | 6 | +50% |
| 1857 | 4 | −33% |
| 1856 | 6 | +20% |
| 1855 | 5 | +0% |
| 1854 | 5 | −38% |
| 1853 | 8 | +60% |
| 1852 | 5 | −17% |
| 1851 | 6 | — |
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