The 1960 hurricane season
Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 15 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 1960 season went
The 1960 Atlantic season produced 8 tropical storms, 4 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 73. The strongest was Hurricane Donna at 144 mph / 930 mb. 6 storms made landfall.
The 1960 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 7 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 64. The strongest was Hurricane Diana at 86 mph / 987 mb. 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 1960
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed storm #1 | Jun 22 – Jun 28 | TS 58 mph | 1000 mb | yes | 1.1 |
| Hurricane Abby | Jul 9 – Jul 17 | Cat 1 81 mph | 995 mb | Honduras, Belize, Saint Lucia | 7.2 |
| Tropical Storm Brenda | Jul 27 – Aug 7 | TS 69 mph | 976 mb | North Carolina, Florida | 2.4 |
| Hurricane Cleo | Aug 17 – Aug 21 | Cat 1 86 mph | 995 mb | — | 4.8 |
| Hurricane Donna | Aug 29 – Sep 14 | Cat 4 144 mph | 930 mb | Florida, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Martin | 49.2 |
| Unnamed storm #8 | Sep 1 – Sep 3 | TS 46 mph | — | — | 0.7 |
| Hurricane Ethel | Sep 12 – Sep 17 | Cat 3 115 mph | 974 mb | Mississippi | 5.6 |
| Tropical Storm Florence | Sep 17 – Sep 26 | TS 58 mph | 1000 mb | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.9 |
04 · Pacific
Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1960
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Annette | Jun 9 – Jun 12 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 3.0 |
| Tropical Storm Bonny | Jun 22 – Jun 26 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 3.4 |
| Hurricane Celeste | Jul 20 – Jul 22 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 6.1 |
| Hurricane Diana | Aug 17 – Aug 20 | Cat 1 86 mph | 987 mb | — | 8.1 |
| Hurricane Estelle | Aug 29 – Sep 9 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 26.4 |
| Hurricane Fernanda | Sep 3 – Sep 8 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 12.9 |
| Hurricane Hyacinth | Oct 21 – Oct 23 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 4.1 |
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