The 1976 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 36 systems

Atlantic storms
10
6 hurricanes · 2 major
Atlantic ACE
84
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
121 mph
Belle
Landfalling
0
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
15
9 hurricanes · 5 major
Pacific strongest
144 mph
Madeline

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 1976 season went

The 1976 Atlantic season produced 10 tropical storms, 6 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 84. The strongest was Hurricane Belle at 121 mph / 957 mb. 0 storms made landfall.

The 1976 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 15 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 121. The strongest was Hurricane Madeline at 144 mph / 941 mb. 0 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTUnnamed storm #1 — May 21–25, 1976Unnamed storm #1 TSHurricane Annette — June 3–14, 1976Annette Cat 4Unnamed storm #2 — June 7–9, 1976Unnamed storm #2 TDUnnamed storm #3 — June 11–12, 1976Unnamed storm #3 TDHurricane Bonny — June 26–29, 1976Bonny Cat 1Tropical Storm Celeste — July 14–19, 1976Celeste TSHurricane Diana — July 16–23, 1976Diana Cat 2Unnamed storm #4 — July 20–22, 1976Unnamed storm #4 TDUnnamed storm #5 — July 23–24, 1976Unnamed storm #5 TDTropical Storm Estelle — July 27–29, 1976Estelle TSTropical Storm Fernanda — July 28 – August 2, 1976Fernanda TSTropical Storm Anna — July 28 – August 6, 1976Anna TSTropical Storm Gwen — August 5–18, 1976Gwen TSHurricane Belle — August 6–10, 1976Belle Cat 3Hurricane Hyacinth — August 6–14, 1976Hyacinth Cat 3Tropical Storm Dottie — August 18–21, 1976Dottie TSHurricane Candice — August 18–24, 1976Candice Cat 1Hurricane Emmy — August 20 – September 4, 1976Emmy Cat 2Hurricane Iva — August 24 – September 2, 1976Iva Cat 4Hurricane Frances — August 27 – September 7, 1976Frances Cat 3Tropical Storm Joanne — August 29 – September 8, 1976Joanne TSUnnamed storm #12 — September 4–6, 1976Unnamed storm #12 TDUnnamed storm #13 — September 5–7, 1976Unnamed storm #13 TDHurricane Kathleen — September 7–11, 1976Kathleen Cat 1Unnamed storm #14 — September 13–17, 1976Unnamed storm #14 TSUnnamed storm #15 — September 20–27, 1976Unnamed storm #15 TDHurricane Kate — September 22 – October 2, 1976Kate Cat 1Unnamed storm #16 — September 22–24, 1976Unnamed storm #16 TDHurricane Liza — September 25 – October 2, 1976Liza Cat 4Hurricane Gloria — September 26 – October 5, 1976Gloria Cat 2Unnamed storm #18 — September 26–28, 1976Unnamed storm #18 TDHurricane Madeline — September 29 – October 8, 1976Madeline Cat 4Unnamed storm #19 — October 3–12, 1976Unnamed storm #19 TDUnnamed storm #20 — October 12–15, 1976Unnamed storm #20 TDHurricane Holly — October 22–29, 1976Holly Cat 1Tropical Storm Naomi — October 25–30, 1976Naomi TS

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 1976

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1May 21 – May 25TS 52 mph994 mb—2.0
Unnamed storm #2Jun 7 – Jun 9TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #3Jun 11 – Jun 12TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #4Jul 20 – Jul 22TD 29 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #5Jul 23 – Jul 24TD 29 mph——0.0
Tropical Storm AnnaJul 28 – Aug 6TS 52 mph999 mb—1.3
Hurricane BelleAug 6 – Aug 10Cat 3 121 mph957 mb—9.5
Tropical Storm DottieAug 18 – Aug 21TS 52 mph996 mb—1.0
Hurricane CandiceAug 18 – Aug 24Cat 1 92 mph964 mb—8.8
Hurricane EmmyAug 20 – Sep 4Cat 2 104 mph974 mb—30.0
Hurricane FrancesAug 27 – Sep 7Cat 3 115 mph963 mb—14.7
Unnamed storm #12Sep 4 – Sep 6TD 29 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #13Sep 5 – Sep 7TD 29 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #14Sep 13 – Sep 17TS 46 mph1011 mb—0.7
Unnamed storm #15Sep 20 – Sep 27TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #16Sep 22 – Sep 24TD 29 mph——0.0
Hurricane GloriaSep 26 – Oct 5Cat 2 104 mph970 mb—11.5
Unnamed storm #18Sep 26 – Sep 28TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #19Oct 3 – Oct 12TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #20Oct 12 – Oct 15TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane HollyOct 22 – Oct 29Cat 1 75 mph990 mb—4.5

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1976

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Hurricane AnnetteJun 3 – Jun 14Cat 4 138 mph925 mb—23.5
Hurricane BonnyJun 26 – Jun 29Cat 1 75 mph987 mb—2.6
Tropical Storm CelesteJul 14 – Jul 19TS 52 mph——1.3
Hurricane DianaJul 16 – Jul 23Cat 2 98 mph——8.4
Tropical Storm EstelleJul 27 – Jul 29TS 40 mph——0.5
Tropical Storm FernandaJul 28 – Aug 2TS 40 mph——0.7
Tropical Storm GwenAug 5 – Aug 18TS 63 mph——5.7
Hurricane HyacinthAug 6 – Aug 14Cat 3 115 mph——14.1
Hurricane IvaAug 24 – Sep 2Cat 4 132 mph——16.2
Tropical Storm JoanneAug 29 – Sep 8TS 52 mph——0.9
Hurricane KathleenSep 7 – Sep 11Cat 1 81 mph986 mb—3.1
Hurricane KateSep 22 – Oct 2Cat 1 92 mph——13.4
Hurricane LizaSep 25 – Oct 2Cat 4 138 mph948 mb—18.1
Hurricane MadelineSep 29 – Oct 8Cat 4 144 mph941 mb—10.6
Tropical Storm NaomiOct 25 – Oct 30TS 52 mph1005 mb—2.3
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