The 1956 hurricane season
Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 23 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 1956 season went
The 1956 Atlantic season produced 12 tropical storms, 4 hurricanes and 1 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 57. The strongest was Hurricane Betsy at 121 mph / 954 mb. 5 storms made landfall.
The 1956 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 11 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 48. The strongest was Unnamed hurricane #1 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 1956
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed storm #9 | Jun 7 – Jun 10 | TS 46 mph | 1002 mb | — | 1.2 |
| Unnamed storm #1 | Jun 12 – Jun 15 | TS 58 mph | 1001 mb | yes | 1.1 |
| Hurricane Anna | Jul 25 – Jul 27 | Cat 1 86 mph | 991 mb | Veracruz, Mexico | 1.8 |
| Hurricane Betsy | Aug 9 – Aug 21 | Cat 3 121 mph | 954 mb | — | 28.4 |
| Tropical Storm Carla | Sep 7 – Sep 16 | TS 69 mph | 1000 mb | — | 1.1 |
| Tropical Storm Dora | Sep 10 – Sep 13 | TS 58 mph | 1000 mb | Veracruz, Mexico | 1.9 |
| Tropical Storm Ethel | Sep 11 – Sep 14 | TS 58 mph | 999 mb | — | 1.2 |
| Hurricane Flossy | Sep 20 – Oct 3 | Cat 1 92 mph | 974 mb | Florida, Louisiana | 5.1 |
| Unnamed storm #10 | Oct 9 – Oct 12 | TS 46 mph | — | — | 0.8 |
| Unnamed storm #11 | Oct 14 – Oct 19 | TS 63 mph | 996 mb | yes | 3.2 |
| Hurricane Greta | Oct 31 – Nov 7 | Cat 2 98 mph | 970 mb | — | 9.6 |
| Unnamed storm #12 | Nov 19 – Nov 21 | TS 46 mph | — | — | 1.2 |
04 · Pacific
Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1956
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed hurricane #1 | May 18 – May 19 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 2.8 |
| Unnamed storm #2 | May 30 – Jun 3 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 3.8 |
| Unnamed hurricane #3 | Jun 9 – Jun 10 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 2.0 |
| Unnamed hurricane #4 | Jun 12 – Jun 14 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 3.9 |
| Unnamed hurricane #5 | Jul 9 – Jul 12 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 7.3 |
| Unnamed storm #6 | Jul 14 – Jul 16 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.8 |
| Unnamed hurricane #7 | Aug 22 – Aug 25 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 7.1 |
| Unnamed storm #8 | Sep 3 – Sep 3 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 0.8 |
| Unnamed hurricane #9 | Sep 4 – Sep 6 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 6.2 |
| Unnamed hurricane #10 | Sep 12 – Sep 17 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 10.7 |
| Unnamed storm #11 | Oct 16 – Oct 18 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.4 |
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