The 1969 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 33 systems

Atlantic storms
18
12 hurricanes · 3 major
Atlantic ACE
148
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
173 mph
Camille
Landfalling
6
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
10
4 hurricanes · 0 major
Pacific strongest
86 mph
Bernice

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 1969 season went

The 1969 Atlantic season produced 18 tropical storms, 12 hurricanes and 3 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 148. The strongest was Hurricane Camille at 173 mph / 900 mb. 6 storms made landfall.

The 1969 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 10 tropical storms, 4 hurricanes and 0 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 33. The strongest was Hurricane Bernice at 86 mph. 0 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

JUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVUnnamed storm #3 — June 8–9, 1969Unnamed storm #3 TDTropical Storm Ava — July 1–8, 1969Ava TSHurricane Bernice — July 9–17, 1969Bernice Cat 1Tropical Storm Claudia — July 22–23, 1969Claudia TSTropical Storm Anna — July 25 – August 4, 1969Anna TSUnnamed storm #5 — July 25–27, 1969Unnamed storm #5 TDHurricane Doreen — August 4–9, 1969Doreen Cat 1Unnamed storm #30 — August 7–8, 1969Unnamed storm #30 TDHurricane Blanche — August 10–14, 1969Blanche Cat 1Hurricane Camille — August 14–22, 1969Camille Cat 5Hurricane Debbie — August 14–27, 1969Debbie Cat 3Tropical Storm Emily — August 23–24, 1969Emily TSTropical Storm Eve — August 24–27, 1969Eve TSHurricane Francelia — August 29 – September 4, 1969Francelia Cat 2Tropical Storm Florence — September 2–7, 1969Florence TSHurricane Gerda — September 7–12, 1969Gerda Cat 3Unnamed storm #15 — September 7–10, 1969Unnamed storm #15 TDHurricane Glenda — September 8–12, 1969Glenda Cat 1Hurricane Holly — September 13–18, 1969Holly Cat 1Tropical Storm Heather — September 19–25, 1969Heather TSUnnamed storm #19 — September 19–23, 1969Unnamed storm #19 TDHurricane Inga — September 20 – October 15, 1969Inga Cat 2Unnamed hurricane #21 — September 21–29, 1969Unnamed hurricane #21 Cat 1Unnamed storm #22 — September 23–30, 1969Unnamed storm #22 TSUnnamed storm #23 — September 29 – October 3, 1969Unnamed storm #23 TSTropical Storm Irah — September 30 – October 3, 1969Irah TSTropical Storm Jenny — October 1–5, 1969Jenny TSHurricane Kara — October 7–19, 1969Kara Cat 1Hurricane Jennifer — October 9–12, 1969Jennifer Cat 1Hurricane Laurie — October 17–27, 1969Laurie Cat 1Unnamed storm #27 — October 28 – November 1, 1969Unnamed storm #27 TSUnnamed hurricane #28 — October 28 – November 9, 1969Unnamed hurricane #28 Cat 1Hurricane Martha — November 20–25, 1969Martha Cat 1

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 1969

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #3Jun 8 – Jun 9TD 29 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm AnnaJul 25 – Aug 4TS 69 mph1001 mb—6.0
Unnamed storm #5Jul 25 – Jul 27TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #30Aug 7 – Aug 8TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane BlancheAug 10 – Aug 14Cat 1 86 mph996 mb—2.1
Hurricane CamilleAug 14 – Aug 22Cat 5 173 mph900 mbMississippi, Pinar del Río, Cuba23.2
Hurricane DebbieAug 14 – Aug 27Cat 3 127 mph950 mb—24.9
Tropical Storm EveAug 24 – Aug 27TS 52 mph995 mb—1.3
Hurricane FranceliaAug 29 – Sep 4Cat 2 98 mph973 mbBelize8.7
Hurricane GerdaSep 7 – Sep 12Cat 3 121 mph977 mbNew Brunswick, Canada4.5
Unnamed storm #15Sep 7 – Sep 10TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane HollySep 13 – Sep 18Cat 1 81 mph984 mb—4.6
Unnamed storm #19Sep 19 – Sep 23TD 35 mph1007 mb—0.0
Hurricane IngaSep 20 – Oct 15Cat 2 109 mph964 mb—24.9
Unnamed hurricane #21Sep 21 – Sep 29Cat 1 81 mph987 mb—5.7
Unnamed storm #22Sep 23 – Sep 30TS 69 mph1004 mb—6.0
Unnamed storm #23Sep 29 – Oct 3TS 58 mph995 mbyes1.7
Tropical Storm JennyOct 1 – Oct 5TS 46 mph1000 mbFlorida0.4
Hurricane KaraOct 7 – Oct 19Cat 1 92 mph978 mb—9.4
Hurricane LaurieOct 17 – Oct 27Cat 1 92 mph973 mb—7.9
Unnamed storm #27Oct 28 – Nov 1TS 69 mph990 mb—2.8
Unnamed hurricane #28Oct 28 – Nov 9Cat 1 92 mph988 mb—8.8
Hurricane MarthaNov 20 – Nov 25Cat 1 92 mph979 mbPanama5.4

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1969

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Tropical Storm AvaJul 1 – Jul 8TS 52 mph999 mb—3.2
Hurricane BerniceJul 9 – Jul 17Cat 1 86 mph——7.1
Tropical Storm ClaudiaJul 22 – Jul 23TS 52 mph——0.8
Hurricane DoreenAug 4 – Aug 9Cat 1 86 mph——5.0
Tropical Storm EmilyAug 23 – Aug 24TS 63 mph——1.2
Tropical Storm FlorenceSep 2 – Sep 7TS 69 mph997 mb—2.6
Hurricane GlendaSep 8 – Sep 12Cat 1 75 mph993 mb—3.2
Tropical Storm HeatherSep 19 – Sep 25TS 63 mph——2.5
Tropical Storm IrahSep 30 – Oct 3TS 52 mph——2.4
Hurricane JenniferOct 9 – Oct 12Cat 1 75 mph——4.6
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