The 1996 hurricane season
Every storm track on one map · Atlantic & Pacific · 26 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 1996 season went
The 1996 Atlantic season produced 13 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes and 6 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 167. The strongest was Hurricane Edouard at 144 mph / 933 mb. 9 storms made landfall.
The 1996 Eastern Pacific season (Eastern and Central Pacific) produced 9 tropical storms, 5 hurricanes and 2 major hurricanes (Cat 3+), with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) of 53. The strongest was Hurricane Douglas at 132 mph / 946 mb. 5 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 1996
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Storm Arthur | Jun 17 – Jun 23 | TS 52 mph | 992 mb | North Carolina | 0.8 |
| Hurricane Bertha | Jul 5 – Jul 17 | Cat 3 115 mph | 960 mb | North Carolina | 17.4 |
| Hurricane Cesar | Jul 24 – Jul 28 | Cat 1 86 mph | 985 mb | Nicaragua | 4.0 |
| Hurricane Dolly | Aug 19 – Aug 25 | Cat 1 81 mph | 989 mb | Veracruz, Mexico, Quintana Roo, Mexico | 4.3 |
| Hurricane Edouard | Aug 19 – Sep 6 | Cat 4 144 mph | 933 mb | — | 49.3 |
| Hurricane Fran | Aug 23 – Sep 10 | Cat 3 121 mph | 946 mb | North Carolina | 22.9 |
| Tropical Storm Gustav | Aug 26 – Sep 2 | TS 46 mph | 1005 mb | — | 2.4 |
| Hurricane Hortense | Sep 3 – Sep 16 | Cat 4 138 mph | 935 mb | Puerto Rico, Nova Scotia, Canada | 21.8 |
| Hurricane Isidore | Sep 24 – Oct 2 | Cat 3 115 mph | 960 mb | — | 12.9 |
| Tropical Storm Josephine | Oct 4 – Oct 16 | TS 69 mph | 970 mb | Florida | 1.6 |
| Tropical Storm Kyle | Oct 11 – Oct 12 | TS 52 mph | 1001 mb | Honduras | 0.5 |
| Hurricane Lili · 22 deaths | Oct 14 – Oct 29 | Cat 3 115 mph | 960 mb | Mayabeque, Cuba | 22.6 |
| Hurricane Marco | Nov 13 – Nov 26 | Cat 1 75 mph | 983 mb | — | 6.1 |
04 · Pacific
Eastern & Central Pacific storms of 1996
| Storm | Dates | Peak | Pressure | Landfall | ACE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed storm #1 | May 13 – May 16 | TS 52 mph | 1000 mb | — | 0.6 |
| Unnamed storm #2 | May 15 – May 19 | TD 35 mph | — | — | 0.0 |
| Hurricane Alma | Jun 20 – Jun 27 | Cat 2 104 mph | 969 mb | Michoacán, Mexico | 9.4 |
| Hurricane Boris | Jun 27 – Jul 1 | Cat 1 92 mph | 979 mb | Guerrero, Mexico | 2.9 |
| Tropical Storm Cristina | Jul 1 – Jul 3 | TS 69 mph | 991 mb | Oaxaca, Mexico | 1.5 |
| Unnamed storm #6 | Jul 4 – Jul 6 | TD 35 mph | — | — | 0.0 |
| Hurricane Douglas | Jul 29 – Aug 6 | Cat 4 132 mph | 946 mb | — | 20.0 |
| Tropical Storm Elida | Aug 30 – Sep 6 | TS 63 mph | 994 mb | — | 2.4 |
| Hurricane Fausto | Sep 10 – Sep 14 | Cat 3 121 mph | 955 mb | Baja California Sur, Mexico, Sinaloa, Mexico | 9.6 |
| Unnamed storm #1 | Sep 16 – Sep 20 | TD 35 mph | — | — | 0.0 |
| Tropical Storm Genevieve | Sep 27 – Oct 9 | TS 52 mph | 999 mb | — | 3.1 |
| Hurricane Hernan | Sep 30 – Oct 4 | Cat 1 86 mph | 980 mb | Jalisco, Mexico | 4.0 |
| Unnamed storm #12 | Nov 7 – Nov 11 | TD 35 mph | — | — | 0.0 |
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