The 1949 hurricane season
Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 22 systems
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 1949 season went
The 1949 Atlantic season produced 16 tropical storms, 8 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 96. The strongest was 1949 Florida Hurricane at 132 mph / 954 mb. 8 storms made landfall.
The 1949 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 6 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 20. The strongest was Unnamed hurricane #4 at 86 mph. 0 storms made landfall.
02 · Timeline
Storm by storm, month by month
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 1949
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed hurricane #1 | Aug 21 – Aug 30 | Cat 2 109 mph | 963 mb | — | 12.0 |
| 1949 Florida Hurricane | Aug 23 – Sep 1 | Cat 4 132 mph | 954 mb | Florida | 14.1 |
| Unnamed storm #3 | Aug 30 – Sep 3 | TS 46 mph | — | yes | 1.5 |
| Unnamed hurricane #4 | Sep 3 – Sep 11 | Cat 3 127 mph | 974 mb | — | 21.7 |
| Unnamed storm #5 | Sep 3 – Sep 5 | TS 58 mph | — | yes | 1.5 |
| Unnamed hurricane #6 | Sep 5 – Sep 16 | Cat 1 75 mph | 996 mb | — | 4.6 |
| Unnamed storm #7 | Sep 11 – Sep 14 | TS 52 mph | — | yes | 0.6 |
| Unnamed storm #8 | Sep 13 – Sep 17 | TS 58 mph | — | — | 2.8 |
| Unnamed hurricane #9 | Sep 20 – Sep 26 | Cat 1 92 mph | — | yes | 8.2 |
| Unnamed hurricane #10 | Sep 20 – Sep 22 | Cat 1 81 mph | — | yes | 3.2 |
| 1949 Texas Hurricane | Sep 27 – Oct 7 | Cat 2 109 mph | 965 mb | Texas | 7.1 |
| Unnamed storm #12 | Oct 2 – Oct 7 | TS 58 mph | — | — | 3.6 |
| Unnamed hurricane #13 | Oct 13 – Oct 21 | Cat 1 92 mph | 995 mb | — | 9.0 |
| Unnamed storm #14 | Oct 13 – Oct 17 | TS 58 mph | — | — | 3.0 |
| Unnamed storm #15 | Nov 1 – Nov 6 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 2.2 |
| Unnamed storm #16 | Nov 3 – Nov 5 | TS 63 mph | 993 mb | yes | 1.2 |
04 · Pacific
Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1949
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed storm #1 | Jun 11 – Jun 12 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.4 |
| Unnamed storm #2 | Jun 17 – Jun 23 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 5.1 |
| Unnamed storm #3 | Sep 3 – Sep 9 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 5.1 |
| Unnamed hurricane #4 | Sep 9 – Sep 11 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 5.1 |
| Unnamed storm #5 | Sep 17 – Sep 19 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.8 |
| Unnamed hurricane #6 | Sep 29 – Sep 30 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 1.7 |
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