Historical Storm Tracker

HURDAT2 (the second-generation Atlantic Hurricane Database) is NOAA's official record of every known Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclone from 1851 to the present. It is maintained by the National Hurricane Center and NOAA AOML and stores each storm's position, maximum sustained wind, and minimum central pressure at six-hour intervals.

The Atlantic hurricane record in HURDAT2 begins in 1851, though coverage before the satellite era (roughly pre-1966) is incomplete because storms that stayed at sea often went unobserved. Aircraft reconnaissance from the mid-1940s and satellites from the 1960s onward make the modern record far more complete, so raw storm counts from the 1800s should not be compared directly to today's.

The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale rates hurricanes by maximum sustained wind: Category 1 is 74–95 mph, Category 2 is 96–110 mph, Category 3 is 111–129 mph, Category 4 is 130–156 mph, and Category 5 is 157 mph or higher. Categories 3 and above are classified as major hurricanes. Storms below 74 mph are tropical storms (39–73 mph) or tropical depressions (below 39 mph).

Yes. The interactive map on this page plots full storm tracks, so you can zoom to any coastline or basin region and filter by year to see which historical Atlantic storms passed nearby, along with their intensity at each six-hour point.