The 1916 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic · 15 systems

Atlantic storms
15
10 hurricanes · 5 major
Atlantic ACE
144
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
132 mph
1916 Texas Hurricane
Landfalling
9
Atlantic storms

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · hover a track to highlight it, click to open the storm’s own page with an animated replay.

01 · Summary

How the 1916 season went

The 1916 Atlantic season produced 15 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 144. The strongest was 1916 Texas Hurricane at 132 mph / 932 mb. 9 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVUnnamed storm #1 — May 13–18, 1916Unnamed storm #1 TS1916 Gulf Coast Hurricane — June 28 – July 10, 19161916 Gulf Coast Hurricane Cat 3Unnamed hurricane #3 — July 10–22, 1916Unnamed hurricane #3 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #4 — July 11–15, 1916Unnamed hurricane #4 Cat 3Unnamed storm #5 — August 4–6, 1916Unnamed storm #5 TS1916 Texas Hurricane — August 12–20, 19161916 Texas Hurricane Cat 4Unnamed hurricane #7 — August 21–26, 1916Unnamed hurricane #7 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #8 — August 27 – September 2, 1916Unnamed hurricane #8 Cat 1Unnamed storm #9 — September 4–7, 1916Unnamed storm #9 TSUnnamed hurricane #10 — September 13–22, 1916Unnamed hurricane #10 Cat 1Unnamed hurricane #11 — September 17–25, 1916Unnamed hurricane #11 Cat 3Unnamed storm #12 — October 2–5, 1916Unnamed storm #12 TSUnnamed hurricane #13 — October 6–15, 1916Unnamed hurricane #13 Cat 3Unnamed hurricane #14 — October 9–19, 1916Unnamed hurricane #14 Cat 2Unnamed storm #15 — November 11–16, 1916Unnamed storm #15 TS

Each bar is one storm’s life, colored by its strength at that moment (faded = post-tropical). Click a bar to open the storm.

03 · Atlantic

Atlantic storms of 1916

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1May 13 – May 18TS 58 mph990 mbyes1.5
1916 Gulf Coast HurricaneJun 28 – Jul 10Cat 3 121 mph950 mbMississippi10.7
Unnamed hurricane #3Jul 10 – Jul 22Cat 2 104 mph980 mbyes19.8
Unnamed hurricane #4Jul 11 – Jul 15Cat 3 115 mph960 mbyes8.3
Unnamed storm #5Aug 4 – Aug 6TS 58 mph——1.6
1916 Texas HurricaneAug 12 – Aug 20Cat 4 132 mph932 mbTexas17.7
Unnamed hurricane #7Aug 21 – Aug 26Cat 2 109 mph—yes6.1
Unnamed hurricane #8Aug 27 – Sep 2Cat 1 81 mph986 mb—8.5
Unnamed storm #9Sep 4 – Sep 7TS 52 mph—yes1.5
Unnamed hurricane #10Sep 13 – Sep 22Cat 1 86 mph——9.1
Unnamed hurricane #11Sep 17 – Sep 25Cat 3 121 mph——19.6
Unnamed storm #12Oct 2 – Oct 5TS 58 mph1000 mbyes2.4
Unnamed hurricane #13Oct 6 – Oct 15Cat 3 121 mph963 mb—18.6
Unnamed hurricane #14Oct 9 – Oct 19Cat 2 109 mph970 mbyes15.2
Unnamed storm #15Nov 11 – Nov 16TS 69 mph1002 mb—3.4
← Previous season1915Next season →1917

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