The 1936 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic · 17 systems

Atlantic storms
17
7 hurricanes · 1 major
Atlantic ACE
100
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
121 mph
1936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane
Landfalling
5
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 1936 season went

The 1936 Atlantic season produced 17 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes and 1 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 100. The strongest was 1936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane at 121 mph / 962 mb. 5 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

JUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECUnnamed storm #1 — June 12–17, 1936Unnamed storm #1 TSUnnamed storm #2 — June 19–22, 1936Unnamed storm #2 TSUnnamed hurricane #3 — June 26–28, 1936Unnamed hurricane #3 Cat 1Unnamed storm #4 — July 26–28, 1936Unnamed storm #4 TSUnnamed hurricane #5 — July 27 – August 1, 1936Unnamed hurricane #5 Cat 2Unnamed storm #6 — August 4–11, 1936Unnamed storm #6 TSUnnamed storm #7 — August 7–12, 1936Unnamed storm #7 TSUnnamed hurricane #8 — August 15–20, 1936Unnamed hurricane #8 Cat 1Unnamed storm #9 — August 20–23, 1936Unnamed storm #9 TSUnnamed hurricane #10 — August 25 – September 6, 1936Unnamed hurricane #10 Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #11 — August 28–31, 1936Unnamed hurricane #11 Cat 1Unnamed storm #12 — September 7–8, 1936Unnamed storm #12 TS1936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane — September 8–25, 19361936 Mid-Atlantic Hurricane Cat 3Unnamed storm #14 — September 9–14, 1936Unnamed storm #14 TSUnnamed hurricane #15 — September 18–25, 1936Unnamed hurricane #15 Cat 2Unnamed storm #16 — October 9–11, 1936Unnamed storm #16 TSUnnamed storm #17 — December 2–16, 1936Unnamed storm #17 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 1936

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1Jun 12 – Jun 17TS 46 mph996 mbyes3.3
Unnamed storm #2Jun 19 – Jun 22TS 52 mph1000 mb—2.0
Unnamed hurricane #3Jun 26 – Jun 28Cat 1 81 mph987 mbyes1.8
Unnamed storm #4Jul 26 – Jul 28TS 46 mph—yes0.7
Unnamed hurricane #5Jul 27 – Aug 1Cat 2 104 mph964 mbyes6.7
Unnamed storm #6Aug 4 – Aug 11TS 52 mph——1.6
Unnamed storm #7Aug 7 – Aug 12TS 40 mph1009 mb—1.6
Unnamed hurricane #8Aug 15 – Aug 20Cat 1 75 mph999 mb—6.6
Unnamed storm #9Aug 20 – Aug 23TS 58 mph—yes1.1
Unnamed hurricane #10Aug 25 – Sep 6Cat 2 109 mph——27.2
Unnamed hurricane #11Aug 28 – Aug 31Cat 1 81 mph——2.7
Unnamed storm #12Sep 7 – Sep 8TS 40 mph——0.5
1936 Mid-Atlantic HurricaneSep 8 – Sep 25Cat 3 121 mph962 mb—25.4
Unnamed storm #14Sep 9 – Sep 14TS 52 mph998 mb—2.0
Unnamed hurricane #15Sep 18 – Sep 25Cat 2 104 mph983 mb—13.3
Unnamed storm #16Oct 9 – Oct 11TS 40 mph——0.7
Unnamed storm #17Dec 2 – Dec 16TS 63 mph——2.4
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