The 1983 hurricane season

Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 27 systems

Atlantic storms
4
3 hurricanes · 1 major
Atlantic ACE
17
1991–2020 avg ≈ 123
Strongest
115 mph
Alicia
Landfalling
2
Atlantic storms
Pacific storms
21
12 hurricanes · 8 major
Pacific strongest
144 mph
Kiko

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 1983 season went

The 1983 Atlantic season produced 4 tropical storms, 3 hurricanes and 1 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 17. The strongest was Hurricane Alicia at 115 mph / 962 mb. 2 storms made landfall.

The 1983 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 21 tropical storms, 12 hurricanes and 8 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 206. The strongest was Hurricane Kiko at 144 mph. 0 storms made landfall.

02 · Timeline

Storm by storm, month by month

MAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECHurricane Adolph — May 21–28, 1983Adolph Cat 2Hurricane Barbara — June 9–18, 1983Barbara Cat 4Tropical Storm Cosme — July 2–5, 1983Cosme TSTropical Storm Dalilia — July 5–12, 1983Dalilia TSTropical Storm Erick — July 12–16, 1983Erick TSTropical Storm Flossie — July 17–21, 1983Flossie TSUnnamed storm #1 — July 23–28, 1983Unnamed storm #1 TDHurricane Gil — July 23 – August 5, 1983Gil Cat 1Hurricane Henriette — July 27 – August 6, 1983Henriette Cat 4Unnamed storm #2 — July 27 – August 2, 1983Unnamed storm #2 TDHurricane Ismael — August 8–14, 1983Ismael Cat 2Hurricane Alicia — August 15–21, 1983Alicia Cat 3Hurricane Barry — August 23–29, 1983Barry Cat 1Tropical Storm Juliette — August 24 – September 1, 1983Juliette TSHurricane Kiko — August 31 – September 9, 1983Kiko Cat 4Hurricane Lorena — September 6–14, 1983Lorena Cat 3Hurricane Chantal — September 10–15, 1983Chantal Cat 1Hurricane Manuel — September 12–20, 1983Manuel Cat 3Tropical Storm Narda — September 21 – October 1, 1983Narda TSTropical Storm Dean — September 26–30, 1983Dean TSTropical Storm Octave — September 27 – October 2, 1983Octave TSHurricane Priscilla — September 30 – October 7, 1983Priscilla Cat 3Hurricane Raymond — October 8–20, 1983Raymond Cat 4Tropical Storm Sonia — October 9–14, 1983Sonia TSHurricane Tico — October 11–19, 1983Tico Cat 4Tropical Storm Velma — November 1–3, 1983Velma TSHurricane Winnie — December 4–7, 1983Winnie 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 1983

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Unnamed storm #1Jul 23 – Jul 28TD 35 mph——0.0
Unnamed storm #2Jul 27 – Aug 2TD 35 mph——0.0
Hurricane AliciaAug 15 – Aug 21Cat 3 115 mph962 mbTexas6.4
Hurricane BarryAug 23 – Aug 29Cat 1 81 mph986 mbTamaulipas, Mexico, Florida3.1
Hurricane ChantalSep 10 – Sep 15Cat 1 75 mph994 mb—4.3
Tropical Storm DeanSep 26 – Sep 30TS 63 mph999 mb—3.6

04 · Pacific

Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1983

StormDatesPeakPressureLandfallACE
Hurricane AdolphMay 21 – May 28Cat 2 109 mph——11.2
Hurricane BarbaraJun 9 – Jun 18Cat 4 132 mph——16.9
Tropical Storm CosmeJul 2 – Jul 5TS 40 mph——0.5
Tropical Storm DaliliaJul 5 – Jul 12TS 69 mph——3.2
Tropical Storm ErickJul 12 – Jul 16TS 63 mph——2.6
Tropical Storm FlossieJul 17 – Jul 21TS 58 mph——1.2
Hurricane GilJul 23 – Aug 5Cat 1 92 mph——12.2
Hurricane HenrietteJul 27 – Aug 6Cat 4 132 mph——22.7
Hurricane IsmaelAug 8 – Aug 14Cat 2 98 mph——7.2
Tropical Storm JulietteAug 24 – Sep 1TS 58 mph——2.5
Hurricane KikoAug 31 – Sep 9Cat 4 144 mph——25.8
Hurricane LorenaSep 6 – Sep 14Cat 3 115 mph——15.4
Hurricane ManuelSep 12 – Sep 20Cat 3 115 mph——14.2
Tropical Storm NardaSep 21 – Oct 1TS 69 mph——5.8
Tropical Storm OctaveSep 27 – Oct 2TS 52 mph——1.2
Hurricane PriscillaSep 30 – Oct 7Cat 3 115 mph——10.0
Hurricane RaymondOct 8 – Oct 20Cat 4 144 mph——28.6
Tropical Storm SoniaOct 9 – Oct 14TS 46 mph——1.5
Hurricane TicoOct 11 – Oct 19Cat 4 132 mph——19.6
Tropical Storm VelmaNov 1 – Nov 3TS 40 mph——0.4
Hurricane WinnieDec 4 – Dec 7Cat 1 92 mph——3.5
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