The 1961 hurricane season
Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 21 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 1961 season went
The 1961 Atlantic season produced 12 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 189. The strongest was Hurricane Hattie at 167 mph / 914 mb. 7 storms made landfall.
The 1961 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 9 tropical storms, 2 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 25. The strongest was Hurricane Iva 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 1961
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Anna | Jul 17 – Jul 25 | Cat 2 104 mph | 976 mb | Honduras, Belize | 11.2 |
| Hurricane Betsy | Sep 2 – Sep 16 | Cat 4 132 mph | 945 mb | — | 27.2 |
| Hurricane Carla | Sep 3 – Sep 18 | Cat 4 144 mph | 927 mb | Texas | 27.3 |
| Hurricane Debbie | Sep 5 – Sep 18 | Cat 1 92 mph | 961 mb | Cabo Verde | 17.3 |
| Hurricane Esther | Sep 10 – Sep 27 | Cat 5 161 mph | 919 mb | Massachusetts, Maine | 48.7 |
| Unnamed storm #6 | Sep 12 – Sep 15 | TS 69 mph | 995 mb | yes | 1.3 |
| Hurricane Frances | Sep 30 – Oct 10 | Cat 4 132 mph | 948 mb | Guadeloupe, Dominican Republic | 19.7 |
| Hurricane Gerda | Oct 17 – Oct 22 | Cat 1 75 mph | 988 mb | — | 2.2 |
| Hurricane Hattie | Oct 26 – Nov 1 | Cat 5 167 mph | 914 mb | Belize | 20.4 |
| Hurricane Jenny | Nov 2 – Nov 11 | Cat 1 81 mph | 974 mb | — | 6.2 |
| Tropical Storm Inga | Nov 4 – Nov 8 | TS 69 mph | 997 mb | — | 6.1 |
| Unnamed storm #12 | Nov 17 – Nov 21 | TS 58 mph | 1004 mb | — | 1.2 |
04 · Pacific
Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1961
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Iva | Jun 9 – Jun 12 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 4.3 |
| Tropical Storm Joanne | Jul 10 – Jul 12 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.8 |
| Tropical Storm Kathleen | Jul 14 – Jul 16 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.4 |
| Tropical Storm Liza | Jul 15 – Jul 19 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 3.8 |
| Tropical Storm Naomi | Aug 4 – Aug 5 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.4 |
| Tropical Storm Orla | Sep 6 – Sep 11 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 3.8 |
| Tropical Storm Pauline | Oct 3 – Oct 4 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.0 |
| Tropical Storm Rebecca | Oct 3 – Oct 4 | TS 52 mph | — | — | 1.0 |
| Hurricane Tara | Nov 10 – Nov 12 | Cat 1 86 mph | — | — | 6.2 |
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